I'm a little late for International Women's Day, but better late than never, right? A couple months ago my friend Jean sent me Chung Wenyin's first novel, Woman Islands (Serenity International, 2011), of course in translation.Chung Wenying is one of Taiwan's most popular … [Read more...]
Mandarin story time at the public library
I've posted before about my disappointment with our public schools for failing to bring Mandarin classes into the schools. It's been a sore spot with countless parents and me, but I've tried to stay positive and find other opportunities for my kids to learn Mandarin. Or at least … [Read more...]
Dim sum birthday brunch
My daughter Rachel turns five today. We're having a kids' party for her tomorrow, mostly with girls from her pre-school class, but we had to do something fun for her birthday today. So last night I asked where she'd like to go. She shrugged her shoulders."What about dim sum?" … [Read more...]
An evening with author Xu Xi
On Wednesday night I met celebrated author Xu Xi for dinner in Chicago. She's in town for the AWP conference (Association of Writing Programs). I've worked with Xu Xi before, as a contributing writer for her anthology, Fifty-Fifty: New Hong Kong Writing (Haven Books, 2008) and … [Read more...]
Last in Translation
All relationships experience miscommunication at some point or other, but add a foreign language and you're bound to have some benign misunderstandings. Stuart Beaton writes about a recent such mishap. (No worries--all's well that ends well.) Stuart has a great podcast blog (his … [Read more...]
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