I dragged my little ones to the Printers Row Lit Fest today, where we caught up with my friend and fellow author, Jean. After Jean signed books at her publisher's tent and I walked around with the kids for a while, we headed to one of the speakers' venues to hear Michael … [Read more...]
An evening with Andrea Thome
Back in February, I met Andrea Thome at an author panel we both participated in with Cristina Henriquez. Right away, Andrea exuded warmth and geniality. I've been on other author panels, but this was one of my favorites and one in which I learned the most. I went home with two of … [Read more...]
An evening with Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
Today was one of those days that never seemed to slow down. I drove 150 miles to Chicago and back up to the Wisconsin border, taught a class, attended a meeting, and got dinner on the table. I was supposed to go to a reading at my closest local independent bookstore about an hour … [Read more...]
An afternoon with Jean Iversen
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...]
I love book groups!
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...]
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