With the Lunar New Year right around the corner, I can't help but think back to the first one I celebrated in China. It was Nanjing, the Year of the Goat, and February 1991. This is the view from the apartment where I stayed. … [Read more...]
Book of the week–An Undisturbed Peace
I love Mary Glickman's novels because she writes about little-known Jewish populations in the rural South, but always features cross-cultural love stories. In her first three novels, some of which I reviewed here (including one of my favorite photos with an author) and here, her … [Read more...]
Samantha Verant
I am so excited to feature Samantha Verant as my February author! Samantha and I share the same publisher for our memoirs and both have Chicago roots. When I asked about featuring her this month, she came up with the fabulous idea of doing an interview! I was sold and from now on … [Read more...]
Laisee lanterns for the Lunar New Year
I haven't blogged much about this, but I've been spending a few days a week volunteering in Chinatown with senior citizens. What started as a couple of English classes has morphed into craft class coordinator, field trip chaperone, citizenship class teacher's aide, and party … [Read more...]
An evening with Janice YK Lee
Last night I headed out to Naperville, Illinois, a suburb 25 miles from home, to attend novelist Janice YK Lee's reading at Anderson's Bookshop. Her new book, The Expatriates (Viking, 2016), sounds fabulous. It's about a group of female expats in Hong Kong. Say no more, … [Read more...]
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