If you've read Good Chinese Wife, you might remember the house on Newhall Street, where I lived in San Francisco for two years. Jake and I left that house 16 years ago and we haven't been back--until last week.I didn't go, but Jake visited his dad, who was in … [Read more...]
Losing time around the world
The strangest thing has happened to me over the last half year. I can't seem to find a battery-operated watch that doesn't lose time over night.It's so bizarre that even jewelers are stumped.Back in late October/early November, I noticed that my year-old watch lost half … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Paul’s Records
For some reason I've always associated 1970s songs with Hong Kong, especially Kowloon. Maybe it's because my mom's family spent a lot of time there during that decade or because when I walked around Kowloon in the 1990s, it evoked a bygone era.So I was extremely excited to … [Read more...]
Travis Lee
Travis Lee is the author of five novels and has lived in Hubei province, where I spent a lot of time in the 1990s. It's not often that I come across another writer who knows that province well, so I was curious about his thoughts about writing about Hubei province and the pros … [Read more...]
My first post for the Los Angeles Review of Books
A couple weeks ago I published my first review for the Los Angeles Review of Books! It all started with a Tweet about a newly-translated Eileen Chang novel, Half a Lifelong Romance (Anchor, 2016). I loved the book, which reminded me of her other novels I've read and films I've … [Read more...]
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