On Sunday morning I drove over to historic Oak Park, Illinois, the former home of Ernest Hemingway and Frank Lloyd Wright. I went to Oak Park to hear Author Anita Diamant speak before a full crowd at my synagogue, Oak Park Temple.I'd first heard of Anita Diamant in the late … [Read more...]
Spring Festival in Tianjin
Former China Daily columnist Stuart Beaton is back guest blogging about his trip to his in-laws' over Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival. Stu's podcasts can be found at http://rastous.podomatic.com/. I have many a Chinese New Year memory at my former in-laws', so this really … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Dream of Ding Village
With all the Great Leap Forward books I've been reading, I thought I'd take a break and try something contemporary. So last week I picked up Yan Lianke's Dream of Ding Village (Grove Press, 2011), which has been listed as a finalist for the 2011 Man Asian Literary … [Read more...]
Happy Year of the Dragon!
It's now the day of Chinese New Year Eve across the Pacific. Families all over China are preparing for a big meal followed by the CCTV song-dance-skit variety show and a night of fireworks to last until daybreak.Here in the calmer suburbs of Chicago, I've been reading to my … [Read more...]
Book of the week–His Wife and Daughters
This week I fired up my Kindle and read Wendy Nelson Tokunaga's page-clicking novel, His Wife and Daughters.Although the story revolves around the family of a California congressman who is involved in a 1980s sex scandal, it's so much more than a scandal. As a result, this … [Read more...]
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