Background: Gray Reveries was originally written about the onset of monsoon season in the middle of May 2015. It was intended to be part of a short story but the idea was scrapped and instead it became a stand alone flash fiction piece. In February 2020, it was submitted to the online publications Nymphs […]
Title: Thuy of Haiphong Style: Elements of Droighneach, 13 syllable lines followed by 9 syllable lines, dunedh Author: David Kute Date: August 11th, 2024 About: A love poem about Do Thuy of Hanoi, Vietnam Ten twenty-three my beauty was born though not for me For the skies, for the lands, for the seas Noble Thuy, […]
Poem Type: Limerick, 5 lines Title: Do Thuy, Delight of Hanoi Author: David Kute Date: August 10th, 2024 About: A love poem for Do Thuy. The honeyed, gallant gal of Hanoi Happy Thuy, saccharine, full of joy Under rose skies, sweet life Youthful heart, placid at sight Dahlia-like surprise, don’t avoid Do Thuy, Delight of […]
Title: Thuy, Flower, Star, Light By: David Kute, August 10th, 2024 For: Do Thuy About: A love poem for Do Thuy Style: Cowleyan Ode, irregular, narrative at the middle Once upon a time A red flower rose up Pure, sensitive, and sweet This beauty lived in the east Her name was Thuy Receptive and warm […]
This website has numerous postings of news articles. They are easily found by clicking on the category Journalism or on the links at the bottom of the page. They date from the period 2004 through 2006. Most of them were written for the Epoch Times. Links to them are provided at the bottom of the […]
The essays that are posted on this website were written during David Kute’s days as an undergraduate at UCLA. They date from the years 2003-2006. Some have been edited slightly to reflect feedback from teaching assistants and professors. If an essay has been edited, there will be a note at the end that states it […]
UCLA surgeon wins civil case Thursday, March 11, 2004 By David Kute BRUIN CONTRIBUTORdkute@media.ucla.edu A UCLA Medical Center surgeon and professor of cardiothoracic surgery accused of sexual harassment, retaliation, and creating a hostile environment won a judgement by a Los Angeles Superior Court last week. The civil lawsuit was filed last March by plaintiffs Judith […]
David Kute History 154 11/20/05 Professor Lytle This work is original and unpublished by David Kute The incorporation of California as a state in 1850 coincided with the much publicized discovery of gold in 1848 along the American River. A great influx of immigrants was to follow, and amongst the many […]
David Kute Honors Section 03/24/04 Professor Baum From the very beginnings of the Chinese Communist Party, the role of the intellectual writer presented a problem to the party leadership. The intellectual writer, in fact, was the victim of two of the CCP’s great political campaigns in the […]
David Kute Honors 107 Collegium 06/2006 Professor Ciavolella In fourteenth century Italy, international trade was a driving sector of the urban economy (JN, pg.126). At the center of this trade, and the Italian Renaissance economy, stood the figure of the merchant. Oftentimes, the merchant acted as the intermediary between […]