Deconstruction, noun. Different meanings are discovered by taking apart the structure of the language used and exposing the underlying assumptions. – Collins English Dictionary Myth, noun. The second function of myth is to justify an existing social system and account for traditional rites and customs. – Robert Graves, “Introduction,” New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology Deconstruction began as […]
Joy Al-Sofi
JOY AL-SOFI currently teaches English in Hong Kong. She has worked in the high-tech industry and before that practiced law in both Oregon and Texas. Her work includes poetry, fiction and non-fiction and she has been published in the USA and Hong Kong. She has done theater reviews for community radio KNON, in Dallas, and hosted a regular program of classical music and opera on KBOO in Portland. In 2010, she won first prize in the Hong Kong Writer’s Circle’s Winter Monologue Competition.
Contributor Bios for Issue 3 Fall 2010
Issue 3 Fall 2010 JOY AL-SOFI currently teaches English in Hong Kong. She has worked in the high-tech industry and before that practiced law in both Oregon and Texas. Her work includes poetry, fiction and non-fiction and she has been published in the USA and Hong Kong. She has done theater reviews for community radio […]
MAYDAY Magazine: Issue 3 Fall 2010
FEATURED ARTIST Robert MacCready UNTITLED STATEMENT BY THE ARTIST notes on life and work TRANSLATIONS epigrams by Catullus, translated from the Latin by David Macey 1 : : 85 fiction by Ólafur Gunnarsson, translated from the Icelandic by Ólafur Gunnarsson and Steven Meyers THE THAW poetry by Jan Kochanowski and Adam Mickiewicz, translated from […]