Book Reviews
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim: A Writer in Early Hollywood
Frederica Sagor Maas died this year at the age of 111. She was probably the last writer from the earliest days of the golden silent
God’s Men
I am glad I read The Good Earth because that novel sparked an interest in reading more works by Pearl S. Buck. God’s Men is the third Buck title I
Lunch With
Jan Wong, author of Red China Blues: My Long March From Mao to Now used to write a column in The Globe and Mail newspaper wherein she took celebrity
Why Translation Matters
I come to Why Translation Matters by Edith Grossman as an armchair translator. While I certainly appreciate and admire the work of translators, I am not a
A Shore Thing
I cannot believe I read this book. After spending four weeks reading Condoleezza Rice’s No Higher Honor, I felt I needed a puffy trashy read. I
Red China Blues: My Long March From Mao to Now
Before I left for the People’s Republic of China I wanted to read Red China Blues: My Long March From Mao to Now by Jan Wong. The only reason
Confessions of a Reluctant Cougar
I used to see Myna Wallin at Scrabble tournaments in the Toronto area over ten years ago. Although she hasn’t played in a tournament in
The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves–and Why it Matters
The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves–and Why it Matters by B. R. Myers is unlike any other western book I have read on North Korea.