Cascade Interpreter Resurrected after 25 Years

Cascade, Iowa—1 January 2014. After a quarter century molding in the grave, The Cascade Interpreter is being resurrected in cyberspace as a blog called Critical Eye Q.

Announcing the new, more incarnation of her former publication, Editor/Publisher S. Keyron McDermott explained the resurrected version will consider a far wider range of topics than its print predecessor, but certainly deal with local issues as well. However, with a brand new broader and wider international orientation made possible by sojourns in the interim.

Since ceasing publication of the Interpreter in early 1994, Ms. McDermott has spent two years teaching in Changwon, Korea, nearly five in Berlin, Germany, two in Tarsus, Turkey, a couple in southern Iowa venues and several years substitute teaching, so education issues will be high on the agenda.

In addition, she was the consortium editor/translator of a Korean novel by Park Kyung-ni called The Curse of Kim's Daughters along with Kang Choonwon, Lee Kayho and Lee Myunghee on a grant from the Korean government and published in 2004. She has written two memoirs Diamonds in a Privy and Adventures among the Awesomes—A Boomer Teacher Memoir, which describes her travel experience and provides a contrasting—often provocative—view of the American classroom. The blog will provide an outlet for selections from the book.

McDermott's most recent publication is a biographical sketch in the newest Wapsipincon Almanac (No. 20) called “Uncle Francis vs. God, Fashion & Television,” a portrait of her maternal Francis Callahan, who lived most of his life in Farley, Iowa and influenced her thinking profoundly.

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