In my little absence from blogging, I've been to Vancouver and back. What a great getaway. It wasn't my first visit there, but considering the previous time was 24 years ago, I wasn't exactly returning to familiar territory. I love comparing this postcard I sent to my maternal … [Read more...]
Where are the lanterns?
Today is one of my favorite holidays--the Mid-Autumn Festival or Moon Festival. Yesterday I took my kids to Chinatown in Chicago so we could buy mooncakes, the traditional pastry enjoyed on this holiday across the Chinese diaspora.But my favorite thing about this holiday … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Heart of the City
Earlier this year I read My Father's Paradise (Algonquin, 2008) Ariel Sabar's thrilling memoir of his Jewish Kurdish Iraqi father. As Sabar writes in his next book, Heart of the City (DeCapo, 2011), My Father's Paradise is as much a tribute to his father as Heart of the City is … [Read more...]
A summer of David Henry Hwang
One of the highlights of my summer was attending a series of three plays written by David Henry Hwang. My husband and I kicked off the series in July with Chinglish.This play told the story of an American businessman who travels to Guiyang, China to drum up some clients … [Read more...]
Book of the week: Feeding on Dreams
In full back-to-school spirit, I chose to read Ariel Dorfman's latest memoir, Feeding on Dreams: Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011) last week. It's not the lightest of books, but one I'd highly recommend if you have a penchant for international … [Read more...]
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