Every night I read my little kids three books followed by three bedtime stories about Hong Kong. For the Hong Kong stories, we might focus on drinks (red bean ice, milk tea, and the etiquette of pouring tea at dim sum) or modes of transportation (tram, ferry, double-decker … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Home is a Roof Over a Pig
I've been a bit quiet on this blog because November is not just the start of the crazed holiday season (especially when you have 30 people over for Thanksgiving and don't bother to clean your house until the day before), but it's also National Novel Writing Month. Yesterday I … [Read more...]
Book of the week–The Curious Diary of Mr. Jam
Nury Vittachi was a household name when I lived in Hong Kong. I first came across him through his South China Morning Post column called Lai See. Friends who were deeply involved in the Hong Kong publishing world were on a first name basis with him. No matter how one knew of Nury … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Dead: A Ghost Story
Yesterday I read the perfect e-short story just in time for Halloween. Mina Khan's Dead: A Ghost Story (2012) is both chilling and empowering.Nasreen is a ghost. But she's not just your average household spook. She's a woman scorned. As a teenager in Bangladesh, her widower … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Watering Heaven
After a stretch of reading narratives from WWII China, this week I turned to a collection of contemporary short stories, mainly set in Beijing and Los Angeles.Watering Heaven (Signal 8 Press, 2012) by Peter Tieryas Liu consists of twenty stories that mostly feature male … [Read more...]
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