When my friend Judy lent me Johnny Got His Gun (last's week book of the week), she also brought The Ugly American by William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick (W.W. Norton, 1958).I'm not sure why I hadn't read The Ugly American before. I certainly use the term a lot. And now that … [Read more...]
Book giveaway!
I just received my copy of IMPRINT 2010, the Hong Kong Women in Publishing Society's annual anthology.I've been contributing to IMPRINT for several years and for the past few have held an 'editorial' position, which really just amounts to coming up with a quotation for the … [Read more...]
Kowloon–Canton Railway
When I was at a writing conference a couple years ago, a presenter jumped off his desk after I read from the first page of my manuscript."I love train stations," he exclaimed. "But you have to bring us to China. Let us see, hear, and smell it."I've since scrapped that … [Read more...]
Spring nostalgia
For some reason I always feel nostalgic in the spring. I miss the places where I've lived and think back to a spring from my past, in another city or even another country.Twenty years ago I was in Baltimore, packing up my things and preparing to leave college for the summer. … [Read more...]
Happy Mother’s Day!
I used this photo earlier on this blog, but love it so much, I'm posting it again.My mom was visiting her friend Carol, the woman coming out of this Manhattan building, in 1964. Sometime after this photo was taken, my mom moved to Japan to teach math and science.Now my … [Read more...]
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