Susan Blumberg-Kason

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    • When Friends Come From Afar
    • Bernardine’s Shanghai Salon
    • Good Chinese Wife
    • Hong Kong Noir
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The case for learning Mandarin

May 11, 2018 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 6 Comments

Every year in early May my husband flies off to Omaha to listen to Warren Buffett speak to his shareholders. It's been a tradition in our family for more years than I can count. When he returned last weekend, he told me there were more Chinese attendees than ever and that Warren … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: China, Hong Kong, My Family's Travels, old hong kong, Raising Multi-Cultural Kids, vintage hong kong

An afternoon with Jean Iversen

April 28, 2018 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

My family and I trekked over to Chicago for Independent Bookstore Day to hear my friend Jean Iversen speak about her new book, Local Flavor: Restaurants That Shaped Chicago Neighborhoods (Northwestern University Press, 2018).I was fortunate to talk to Jean while she was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Asian Food and Drinks, Author Readings, Misc, Raising Multi-Cultural Kids

I love book groups!

April 20, 2018 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

One of my favorite things about being a writer is visiting book groups. Over 20 book groups, both local and out of town (thanks to Skype), have read my memoir and have invited me to visit their group to discuss Good Chinese Wife. It was an honor last week to be mentioned in this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Asian Food and Drinks, Author Readings, Good Chinese Wife, Memoirs, Misc

Q&A with Author Joyce Bergvelt

April 10, 2018 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 3 Comments

On April 26th, Joyce Bergvelt's debut novel set in old Taiwan (called Formosa back then) comes out. I recently had the wonderful opportunity to ask her questions about her time in Taiwan and her writing journey. Her book can be pre-ordered from Camphor Press here. Or on Amazon … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: China, Misc

High Noon in Carefree, Arizona

April 6, 2018 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

It's hard to believe we were in warm and sunny Phoenix just a week ago and now we're shivering in the cold and brushing off the snow from yesterday in Chicago. One of the many highlights of our trip was going out for tea in Carefree, Arizona, one of the first planned communities … [Read more...]

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