JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

Why did I read The Love Wife? I read a review in the Seattle Times. And I like to try to keep up with fiction writers as I can. I’ve read a few Gish Jen stories but never one of her novels. Yet this one surprised me with its richness, surpassing my expectations. Why should […]

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UPDATE 1/22/05: Malcolm Gladwell’s stop on Bainbridge Island tomorrow has been postponed until March 7. I saw this in an island paper last night. When I called the bookstore this morning they didn’t know why. I don’t know whether other Seattle-area dates this week are also postponed. Calling ahead to check before going to the […]

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As I said I would earlier this year, I read Michelle Malkin’s book, In Defense of Internment: The Case for ‘Racial Profiling’ in World War II and the War on Terror, as soon as it arrived for me at the library last month. I particularly wanted to read it due to the controversy in our […]

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I’m typing here again tonight after a few days absence required for Christmas creativity. To give a gift is to give someone else a piece of yourself, something you have purchased with a little of your own life. Working on my holiday contributions has meant the small sacrifice of giving up the piece of myself […]

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I like to write. But I’ve been afraid to let myself do it. I find that writing can consume me. I fear that if I open the door and start stories again, I won’t be a good wife or parent. Both mothering and writing seem insatiable to me. I could never give enough time and […]

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