blogs and books
blogs: posted on gothamist was an interesting article about blogging in new york magazine, "blogs to riches." although i don't intend (or even expect in my wildest dreams) to make any money off my blog, it's still a great way for me to express my thoughts and opinions to the general public. i've never had my own website (i could never figure out html well enough), but i'm glad i started posting to the internet as it's highly therapeutic for me.
as usual, i am jumping on the bandwagon late, only now discovering many of my friend's xanga blogs from college. other tech trends that i eventually caught on to were: email (sophomore year of college), downloading music (two weeks before napster was shut down), instant messaging (not until my first job after college), and digital cameras (last spring).
books: this morning on the train i finished goodbye, columbus. recently i've learned much about the jewish-american culture, having read everything is illuminated, goodbye, columbus, the contract with god trilogy (the first graphic novel ever published, written and illustrated by the great will eisner), and recent articles in the new yorker about israel and ariel sharon. i never knew much about anything jewish, but now have a much better sense of their history and culture. i also felt this same enlightment with the indian-american culture, after interpreter of maladies, god of small things and the ground beneath her feet.
what i'm looking for now is great fiction about the chinese-american culture. i would love to find something engaging and insightful about the chinese-american experience, so please send any recommendations my way (no amy tan books please).
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what's wrong with amy tan? she may be a bit mainstream, but she's still a great writer. and although you specifically banned her from your recommendations, i'm still going to recommend her book "the opposite of fate." i hadn't been very impressed with her work lately, and when this came out i didn't think it would be very good. but it's about her life experiences, and i found it was so much more interesting than i expected. i definitely had much more respect for her and her work after reading this, and it's kinda cool cuz she grew up in the bay area.
on your recommednation i'll check out "the opposite of fate." it's not that i don't like her but i read "joy luck club," "100 secret sense (?)" and one other book and i found them to be all kind of the same. but if you say this one's different, i'll give it a shot.
[Hope you don't mind my popping in; I found the link to your blog from April's page.] Have you read Maxine Hong Kingston's Woman Warrior? If not, give it a try. Personally, I loathe it, but maybe you won't, and if that's the case you can share your insights, because I just don't understand why it's so popular. On the other side is Frank Chin whose work I do appreciate.
thanks for reading eunice! you've got to send me april's website. it's always nice to re-connect with old friends.
i'll check out woman warrior when i have a chance. i feel like i may have read it in high school, but that was more forced reading than anything else, so i may not have appreciated it.
i meant her myspace page. :P
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