Twenty-three years ago today, I got married for the first time. And it was under conditional terms.There has been so much in the news now about women’s agency and why we don’t just leave when things go bad. But it’s not that simple, especially when we’re not talking about … [Read more...]
A visit to the Museum of Chinese in America
Earlier this month when I took two of my kids to visit my first-born, I took the little ones to the Museum of Chinese in America, a place I'd wanted to visit for a long time but somehow hadn't gotten around to until then. It's in an unassuming building, so if I didn't notice the … [Read more...]
Interview with Amy Thomas, author of Brooklyn in Love
I'm extremely excited to interview author Amy Thomas, author of Paris, My Sweet (Sourcebooks, 2012) and now a new memoir, Brooklyn in Love: A Delicious Memoir of Food, Family, and Finding Yourself (Sourcebooks, 2018). We not only have the same publisher, but are also returned … [Read more...]
Ringing in the Year of the Dog
Last Saturday the kids and I celebrated the second day of Chinese New Year with friends at Chicago's Peninsula Hotel. We've been going there for afternoon tea around Chinese New Year for the last few years, but this is the first year we've been there for their lion dance. The … [Read more...]
An evening with Gloria Chao
It seemed like today would never get here, but it was finally the pub day for Gloria Chao's debut YA novel, American Panda (Simon Pulse, 2018)! I was so fortunate to read a review copy of American Panda months ago and am currently reading it now for the second time.Gloria had … [Read more...]
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