Wild River Review

MAY 2008

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UP THE CREEK: From the Editor’s Desk — What it Means to Yearn

Trailer: Quark Park

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SPOTLIGHT: Migration, Remittances and Latin America

AIRMAIL: Hong Kong Diary —
St. Dominic’s Preview

SPOTLIGHT: A Greek on the Silk and Dragon Road

SPOTLIGHT: The Steamy Side of Istanbul

COLUMNS: Wild West - Gardens of Water

ALTERED SPACES: Shake Your Money-Maker

SPOTLIGHT: Under the Covers — An Interview with Chip Kidd

NOVEL EXCERPT: The Learners Chapter 1 by Chip Kidd

ART: The Book Jackets of Chip Kidd

SPOTLIGHT: A Comics Titan —
An Interview with Marv Wolfman

COMIC: Captain Ultra and Buzzboy vs. The Red Menace

SPOTLIGHT: Opening the Gates of Capitalism — In Ecuador with Economist Muhammad Yunus

SPOTLIGHT: Changing the Face of Banking

PEN WORLD VOICES: The Art of Connection — A Conversation with Alain de Botton

PEN WORLD VOICES: Global Writer, Heart & Soul — An Interview with Pico Iyer



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An international website and 501C3 non profit organization, the Wild River Review serves as a vehicle to spread the flame of understanding through powerful writing and graphics covering a wide range of subjects and geographical locations. As communication (through the tremendous capacity of the web) paves the way for news coverage from every angle, Wild River Review tells stories that are rarely heard, shedding light on dark corners of the globe, and helping readers understand complicated issues often through the power of first hand stories and interviews. In a climate of repeated media flashes and quick newsbyte stories that focus on trauma and terror, The Wild River Review also believes that there are many underreported issues and positive initiatives that deserve increased coverage in order to effect positive change throughout the world.