I hope you will enjoy the read. In any case, I am slightly proud of this work and would like to know what readers think. The man had an incredible aesthetic, as we all know. The Basquiat pieces particularly stood out:. More information can be found here: Unfortunately, the exhibition was only on for one week and I believe it has since moved to London.
If you happen to get the chance to see it there, I highly recommend it. Unlike my previous writings about China, this story is primarily concerned with America. Please check it out on Amazon. It is available as a Kindle eBook as well as a paperback edition. I believe it works well as a digital read. Roommates Jack and Ben are complete opposites when it comes to romance. On the other side of town, sisters Andrea and Carla have their own issues. Andrea is a bit of a wreck, stumbling from one dramatic episode to the next. Carla is more concerned with blogging than dating, though she does get lonely at times.
Over the course of one day, these thoroughly modern men and women keep passing each other by. From yoga class to the club — all in a haze of drugs, sex, and selfies — opportunities for true love come and go, and no one notices because they were too busy staring at their phones. Some from my recent Guangzhou trip. Where do people get these awesome pervert shirts?
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A post shared by Ray raelianautopsy on Oct 5, at 7: Another very random Chinglish-y outfit Interpret as you will. A post shared by Ray raelianautopsy on Sep 21, at Been finding a lot of random Chinglish-y shirts lately. A post shared by Ray raelianautopsy on Sep 24, at A post shared by Ray raelianautopsy on Oct 7, at Awww cute Chinglish in the park. A post shared by Ray raelianautopsy on Oct 5, at 4: Of Gods and Mobsters is a anthology of short stories published by the Hong Kong Writers Circle you may recall that I participated in a podcast for the HK-based literary society.
The Writers Circle publishes anthologies on an annual basis, and this volume in particular was recommended to me. The stories are grouped together into three parts: Broadly speaking, the stories are split between the genres of magical realism and crime. Makes for very interesting juxtaposition. The middle section, Of Tales, still fits with the style of the rest of the book. Aber Revisited by Joy Al-Sofi is a fable in the style of Kipling full of talking tigers, yet the tiger is represents Chinese symbolism.
It is a genre-bending story, very literary and very poignant. What a way to capture the essence of Hong Kong. Some mystery, some even satire. Guanxi by Edmund Price contrasts the rich literately high-life on the Peak, with corrupt Filipinos who break into the world of one wealthy man. The story is both a crime story, and an homage to fairy tales of old. Like any anthology, Of Gods and Mobsters has many different short stories of various styles and each may not suit all readers.
The only major criticism, as it goes with expat literature, is that much of it might only make sense if the audience is familiar with the area. Available in Hong Kong bookstores and on Amazon.
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It does tend to get very crowded on Chinese holidays. I like going to the provincial capital on occasion. Although I prefer living Shenzhen—where it seems slightly less depressing to me somehow. Is it bad to celebrate RoshHashana by going to a delicious Muslim restaurant? Watching Animals Find Food. Illustrated by Tony Chen. A description of the feeding habits of animals living in and around a pond and how these habits affect the ecology of the area.
Traces the history of Chinese immigration to the United States, discussing why they emigrated, their problems in a new land, and their contributions to American culture. Exploring the Hidden World of the Kelp Forest. Describes plants and animals that live in and around kelp bed forests, including otters, seals, plankton, eels, and octopi.
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A City Under the Sea: Life in a Coral Reef. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c It describes the special world of the coral reef by day and night. An inviting text highlights the author's firsthand diving experiences. Stories from Taiwan and China. Illustrated by Xiao-jun Li. In a small city in southern Taiwan, six children with a traditional background experience different changes in their outlook. Hong on the Range. In a future American West where most of the people and animals are partly mechanical, totally human cowboy Louie Hong tangles with bionic outlaws and bounty hunters who are blaming him for a recent bank robbery.
The Fox Borrows the Tiger's Awe. Illustrated by Li Xieu-Lin. Child prodigy Millicent Min is a senior in high school, but she struggles to learn to make friends and play volleyball over the course of an eventful summer. Twelve-year-old Amy finds her family responsibilities growing and interfering with her ballet practice when her mother takes a job outside the home.
The Boy Who Swallowed Snakes. Illustrated by Jean and Mou-Sien Tseng. An honest young boy tries to get rid of an ever-increasing number of snakes that have come with the bowlful of silver coins he found. Pictures by Jeanne M. Farrar Straus Giroux, A boy in long-ago China sees the world around him from a butterfly's point of view. Based on the writings of philosopher Chuang Tzu. When a prop gun used during the making of a television show turns out to have real bullets, twelve-year-old Lily Lew and Auntie, her movie actress great-aunt, comb San Francisco's Chinatown in search of the culprit responsible for loading the gun.
Lily and her aunt, a Chinese American movie actress, join forces to solve the theft of some priceless pearls and stop the operator of a sweatshop in San Francisco's Chinatown. A twelve-year-old girl who knows little about her Chinese heritage is sent to live with her grandmother in San Francisco's Chinatown. The City of Dragons. A boy with a face so sad that nobody wants to look at him runs away with a caravan of giants to the city of dragons, where his sorrowful face is finally appreciated.
The Curse of the Squirrel. Illustrated by Dirk Zimmer. From the time a giant squirrel curses Farmer Johnson's best hunting dog, things are never the same around the farm, and hunting little animals cease to be a sport. A dragon named Shimmer, a monkey wizard, a reformed witch, and two humans go on a quest to mend the magic cauldron needed to repair the dragon's home. Shimmer, a renegade dragon princess, tries to redeem herself by capturing a witch with the help of a human boy. To free her clan from slavery at underwater forges, the dragon princess Shimmer and her human companion Thorn combat the Dragon King's jealousy and treachery.
The dragon princess Shimmer and her companions fight a war against the evil Boneless King in order to rescue their friend Thorn and restore the dragons' underwater home. When he accidentally kills a Manchu, a fifteen-year-old Chinese boy is sent to America to join his father, an uncle, and other Chinese working to build a tunnel for the transcontinental railroad through the Sierra Nevada mountains in Sequel to "Mountain light.
In the early twentieth century a young Chinese boy joins his father in San Francisco and helps him realize his dream of making a flying machine. While his father is away from their Chinese village, Little Lee fights to save his mother's soul from an evil fox creature that has assumed human form. Describes the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, particularly as it affects Sachi, who becomes one of the Hiroshima Maidens.
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Jim teams up with his grandfather, who is known as the meanest man in Chinatown, to defeat a powerful demon. A young Chinese boy nicknamed Runt records his experiences in a journal as he travels from southern China to California in to join his uncle during the Gold Rush. The Junior Thunder Lord. Pictures by Robert Van Nutt. Yue, a Chinese merchant, discovers the wisdom in passing along kindness, when Bear Face, the huge hairy man Yue has befriended, saves his life. In this retelling of a Mongolian folktale a simple shepherd must pass three tests in order to marry the Khan's beautiful daughter.
Charley Sabini, who thinks with his head, meets Chris Pomeroy, who thinks with her feelings, and the result is a friendship which is a surprise to both of them. Teddy finds that his imagination has gotten him into trouble once more, when he buys his younger brother Bobby an alligator for his birthday. The author describes how he grew up as a Chinese American in San Francisco and how he came to use his writing to celebrate his family and his ethnic heritage. A magic paintbrush transports Steve and his elderly caretakers from their drab apartment in Chinatown to a world of adventures. The Man Who Tricked a Ghost.
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Sung, a brave man who is not afraid of ghosts, meets one on a dark road and tricks it into revealing its secret weakness. Swept up in one of the local rebellions against the Manchus in China, nineteen-year-old Squeaky loses his home and travels to America to seek his fortune among the gold fields of California.
Sequel to "The Serpent's Children. Branded in the past as a liar, a teen-aged boy trying to prove his friend's death in a car crash was no accident finds himself stalked by a seemingly respectable businessman for a similar fate. Illustrated by David Wiesner. A collection of twenty Chinese folk tales that were passed on by word of mouth for generations, as told by some oldtimers newly settled in the United States. A promising young ballet student cannot afford to continue lessons when her Chinese grandmother emigrates from Hong Kong, creating jealousy and conflict among the entire family.
A Chinese-American boy whose father wants him to be good in sports finally asserts his right to be himself. In nineteenth-century China, a young girl struggles to protect her family from the threat of bandits, famine, and an ideological conflict between her father and brother.
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Paintings by Yang Ming-Yi. Dial Books for Young Readers, c Fifteen-year-old Joan Lee and her family find the adjustment hard when they move from Ohio to West Virginia in the s. When Stacy is paired with a Chinese girl at school who is accused of theft, she must come to terms with her own Chinese and American heritage. When she refuses to share her food with a beggar, an old woman finds herself transformed into various animals, until she learns a lesson about greed. The fifteen-year-old narrator relates how, with his help, cub reporter, Mark Twain, and fire fighter, Tom Sawyer, uncover the plot of a deranged Southern arsonist in San Francisco during the Civil War.
A retelling of seventeen Chinese American folktales from a variety of Chinese communities in the United States. A Family in Taiwan. Photographs by Chen Ming-jeng. An introduction to the geography, history, economy, government, people, and culture of the island republic of Taiwan. Skip to main content. Children's Books by Chinese American Authors. Children's Books by Chinese American Authors: I am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action. Retells an ancient Chinese tale of magic in which unselfishness is rewarded.
The Legend of the Kite: A mischievous monkey acquires godlike powers and creates havoc in heaven. A cat and a flower learn to accept each other's differences and become friends. Illustrated by Lolly Robinson. Illustrated by Chihsien Chen. Pictures by Robin Kramer.
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- Journey to the West: The endlessly remade Chinese folk tale.
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- A Korean Odyssey retells Journey To The West as a comedy about crazy love!
Good friends, good times read alone book Tang, Yungmei. Describes China today as seen through the eyes of a group of American high school students. Illustrated by Ted Lewin. Although small in size, the ant comes to the aid of his friend the dove during a crisis. A good witch rewards a helpful sister and a selfish sister in kind. A stingy peddler is chastised for his miserly ways by an old beggar with magical powers. A rainbow-colored magic fish helps Laifu protect his bride-to-be from the evil ruler Funtong.
New Discovery Books, A little boy observes the behavior and anatomy of a goldfish he won at school. A brief introduction to the characteristics, habits, and different species of ladybugs. A simple introduction to planting and growing plants. A simple description of the characteristics of both land and water snails. Two youngsters find a toad and a lizard and make a terrarium for each of them. Millicent Min, Girl Genius. The Case of the Firecrackers. The Case of the Goblin Pearls.
The Case of the Lion Dance. Child of the Owl. Dragon of the Lost Sea. The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung: Kind Hearts and Gentle Monsters. Hyperion Books for Children, c Beech Tree Books, Drawings by Suling Wang. To save herself and her husband from an evil king, Shell agrees to bring him three wonders. Morrow Junior Books, c