Eunice Wong

Eunice Wong

Former Truthdig Book Editor

Eunice Wong was the book review editor of Truthdig, as well as editor of Truthdig’s Countering Violence Against Women series. She also wrote for for Truthdig's arts and culture section, reviewing theater, film, books...

Latest

‘Shade It Black’: The Bodybaggers of Iraq

Jun 25, 2011
Jess Goodell volunteered when she was a Marine to work in the corps’ mortuary affairs unit in Iraq. Her job was to collect the bodies and body parts of fallen fellow Marines. She wrote a book about the experience called “Shade It Black: Death and After in Iraq.” Here are excerpts from Goodell's book and Chris Hedges’ interview with the author, read by classically trained actor and Truthdig contributor Eunice Wong.

Invitation to ‘La Danse’

Jun 15, 2010
Frederick Wiseman’s new documentary, "La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet,” is a celebration of the ephemeral nature of performance and the fleeting glory of the human body. Frederick Wiseman’s new documentary, “La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet,” is a celebration of the ephemeral nature of performance and the fleeting glory of the human body.

Eunice Wong on ‘Footnotes in Gaza’

Jan 8, 2010
Joe Sacco’s graphic treatment of the 1956 massacres of Palestinians by invading Israeli soldiers melds tough-minded journalism with philosophical reflection into a gut-wrenching banquet of a comic book.In treating the 1956 massacres of Palestinians, Joe Sacco melds tough-minded journalism and philosophical reflection into a gut-wrenching comic book.