Last night I stayed up late to finish Anna Funder's debut novel, All That I Am (Harper, 2012), even though the rest of my family was sound asleep upstairs.I couldn't put the book down and ploughed through it in three days, averaging 130 pages a day.Funder's novel, based … [Read more...]
The Wonders Of Westin
When guest blogger Stuart Beaton told me about the sudden turn of events at the Raffles Tianjin, I couldn't believe it. After all, he'd just blogged here about the Raffles on Christmas Eve. (Stu's podcasts can also be found at http://rastous.podomatic.com/). Stuart will explain … [Read more...]
Postcards from Senegal
Yesterday my mom returned from a two-week trip to Senegal and Gambia, where she and a friend sailed on a week-long river cruise. (Sidenote: her flight from Washington, DC to Dakar was a quick 7.5 hours!)And in yesterday's mail my three kids received her postcards from … [Read more...]
Guest post–I was a teenage Maoist
Stuart Beaton was interviewing authors long before he began his podcasts at http://rastous.podomatic.com/. I'm beyond thrilled that he's offered this old interview with writer extraordinaire Jan Wong. Without further adieu, here's Stu and Jan from back in 1997:In the small … [Read more...]
Hong Kong picture books
To prepare my youngest two kids for a week without mom and dad, I've been reading them a slew of picture books about Hong Kong so they'll understand just where we'll be jetting off to in April. Not only do they enjoy these books, but they're already well-versed in some Hong Kong … [Read more...]
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