She Wanted to Be the Hero: A Conversation with Vanessa Hua
The details that go unremarked are very powerful because it assumes this is the way things are. It’s not unusual. It’s just the way these people live.
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Posts Tagged: Mao Zedong
Rice Cake Love
I’ll always wish for one last dim sum, one more time to hear the words “I love you, too.”
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: 21 Poems That Shaped America (Pt. 7): “Facing It”
There should be no forgetting, much less forgiveness, of what happened during the Vietnam War.
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Eat Your Peas
Having some novelist (or poet or playwright) assert an individual consciousness—in and of itself— is a profoundly threatening act if you’re a dictator.
...moreMark Twain Still Popular…In China!
Did you know that Mark Twain is one of the best known foreign writers in China? Neither did we. There is a well earned, and unabashed image of Mark Twain as the quintessential American author and for good reason. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remains in the American cannon and is taught all over the […]
...moreA Ghost Story’s Ghost Story
Everyone loves a good ghost story, and one of the most popular ghost stories in the Chinese literary canon is that of Li Huiniang, a cruelly executed concubine who fights for justice from beyond the grave. At the Appendix, Maggie Greene tells the tale’s history in reverse, from a hugely popular 1981 movie version all the […]
...moreWhat’s in a Name? JCPenney and The Dunce Cap
A few weeks ago, a slim catalog from JCPenney arrived in our mailbox. It floated around the house for a few days. On its cover are printed these words: littleredbook fall trends 2010 I hadn’t noticed this until just the other day. Should I have? The Little Red Book, as its known in the United […]
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