River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh
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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!
Writers Out Loud
The implementation of and codification of legislation promoting politically motivated and otherwise agenda-oriented book bans is growing at a…
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…