River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh
by
The captivating first volume, Sea of Poppies, in the Opium War-era Ibis trilogy was Booker-prize short-listed in 2008. Can’t wait to read this second entry in the series!
Personal essay in Off Assignment (travel)
“The sky has become a bruised pink-blue-purple. It is late June in Oulu in northern Finland, and Midsummer…
Ho ho ho! Holiday season op-ed in the NY Daily News
“A highlight of the month of December for my sisters and me, growing up in New York City in the…
Personal Essay in The Missouri Review
“She ordered me a lemonáda. For the next few weeks during that hot confusing summer, many years ago, this…