This week I read a fascinating e-book. It's the first book I've featured as a Book of the Week that's only available as an e-book. Thank goodness I have a Kindle.Wendy Nelson Tokunaga wrote Marriage in Translation (2011) as a follow up to her novel, Love in Translation … [Read more...]
Which book title do you like best?
For four years now I've been writing and revising and looking for an agent for my memoir. And for four years I've been calling this memoir Boundary Street.That's a pretty cool photo, right? (I commissioned this photo from the inimitable Randall J. van der Woning in Hong … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Red Hook Road
This week I finally got around to reading Ayelet Waldman's latest novel, Red Hook Road (Random House, 2011). Despite 350+ pages of 7-point font, it was a quick read and a perfect summer beach book (which I enjoyed from the comfort of my living room in suburban Chicago).I … [Read more...]
The colorful life of Nguyen Cao Ky, 1930-2011
Over the weekend, one of the most colorful leaders during the Vietnam War passed away in Kuala Lumpur. Nguyen Cao Ky was the Prime Minister of South Vietnam from 1965 to 1967.The politics of the Vietnam War is still a touchy subject for many, so I won't go into that. But … [Read more...]
You can take me out of Asia, but…
When the video of Wendi Deng's spike to the pie-thrower went viral last week, I read many accounts of what compelled her to react that way. I'm not sure it had anything to do with her Shandong roots. Maybe it was just her background as a volleyball player?No matter, it got me … [Read more...]
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