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Share I don’t know what it is about the Cultural Revolution, but I’m somehow drawn to it, especially when it comes to literature. In my own writing, I’ve often explored the tolls it took on personal relationships. So last week I was quite excited to read Xujun Eberlein’s collection of short stories, Apologies Forthcoming: Stories Not [...] Share Last week I read Jonathan Chamberlain’s heart-wrenching memoir, Wordjazz for Stevie (Blacksmith Books, 2010), a beautiful tribute to his late daughter. From reading the back cover blurb, I knew that Stevie only lived for eight and a half short years. But I had no idea that Chamberlain’s wife also passed away that same year. In [...] Share In writing my memoir, the few independent editors I’ve used along the way have given me lots of excellent advice. The key, according to all of them, is to read, read, read. And they all gave me a reading list, some of which included overlapping titles. Now I have another to add: Caitlin Shetterly’s Made [...] Share Over the years I’ve collected gorgeous photography books about Hong Kong. Two of my favorites are Kenneth Lo’s Nathan Road (MCCM Creations, 2007) and Ian Lambot’s City of Darkness (Watermark, 1999). Last week I found a new one that’s gone to the top of my list. It’s Lost and Found Hong Kong (ThingsAsian Press, 2010), [...] Share November 15th marks the print release of Access (Signal 8 Press, 2011), Xu Xi’s new collection of thirteen stories. It came out as an e-book on November 1, so that’s what I read last week. Each story is unique, but they all have one common theme–desire. Most feature a strong female protagonist, although two of my [...] |
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