I'd heard of Erica Jong's Fear of Flying for decades. It's known of course as a racy novel about a married woman who is in search of the "zipless f*&^"--an affair without any emotional attachments. But what I didn't know was that Fear of Flying is an AMWF novel … [Read more...]
Hey Hey Canteen
I took Jake to college last week on a whirlwind trip to New York. We left on a 6am flight and I returned on the last flight of the evening. It was sunny and warm and a perfect day for settling into his dorm and doing some last minute shopping.Since Jake had to be at a 4pm … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
Earlier this year I had the great honor to write an introduction for Camphor Press's re-release of Ban Zhao's Instructions for Chinese Women and Girls. I used excerpts of this ancient classic in my memoir, Good Chinese Wife.This week I guest blogged for Camphor Press, writing … [Read more...]
Inside Una Brava Moglie Cinese
When the Italian translation of Good Chinese Wife came out, I quickly ordered one from Amazon Italy. Una Brava Moglie Cinese had more or less the same cover as the English original, so I wasn't expecting this edition to be much different from the first.But when my parcel … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Streets: Exploring Kowloon
I'm not one to shy away from a Hong Kong guidebook--always comparing what's in them with what I remember from living there 20-25 years ago--but when I learned about Jason Wordie's Streets: Exploring Kowloon (Hong Kong University Press, 2007), I grabbed it extra quickly.The … [Read more...]
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