I've been waiting a long time for this week! Tonight marks the 14th anniversary of when the UK handed Hong Kong back to China. And to mark this occasion, I'm giving away two copies of a book I was honored to contribute to several years back.Fifty-Fifty: New Hong Kong Writing … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Kowloon Tong
In keeping with the spirit of Handover Week, I'm not going to review a book I recently finished, but rather one I read just before the Handover 14 years ago.Back then in Hong Kong's expat and English-speaking communities, there were a few popular books that either came out in … [Read more...]
Handover week in Hong Kong!
Fourteen years this week, Britain handed Hong Kong over to China.It's summer and rather than go into an academic look at the Handover, I thought it'd be fun to show a couple ways Hong Kong changed after July 1, 1997.For instance, this flag was lowered that … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Great House
This week I read Nicole Krauss's much anticipated novel, Great House (2010). Narrated by four different people, in three countries, the story revolves around a desk.I loved the beginning of the book. An accomplished writer in New York recounts her acquisition of the desk back … [Read more...]
On power outages and water shortages
While yesterday was supposed to be the longest day of the year, we in the Chicago suburbs were cheated out of a couple of hours as the wake of a tornado swept through my town. I've never seen such huge trees bent over and peeled like bananas. And from 8:30 pm last night until … [Read more...]
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