Michelle, I loved the exchange with your father! And how you related the slight panic of everything that was going on in your head 😆—and then the acceptance of just letting the people we love be who they are ❤️
Thank you, Michelle, for continuing to enlarge my world. What a great post! It was great to see that Reading with Patrick is finding new audiences--and that your dad is daydreaming when he was meant to be listening!
The idea of letting kids "be free in their own worlds" -- I will take that advice to heart!
Also, congratulations on Baby P's newly acquired bike riding skills.
Wu Ming-Feng reading yr book 3 times?? That's wonderful. Does this mean he read the new translation? Love how you've chronicled the journey of yr book in this substack: Writer -> Agent -> Translator -> Publisher -> Very important reader. Rex sounds super cool! The Ginzburg is fr "Little Virtues"? I think possibly, maybe, the single best thing she wrote? (!) Palestine: For us left-leaning writer and editor types here in the US, WAWOG (Writers Against the War on Gaza -- modeled after American Writers Against the Vietnam War) has been a grounding site and beacon: https://www.writersagainstthewarongaza.com/ (Also on IG) xoxo - Lisa
Thank you for sharing about how speaking with your dad as the translator went. I can definitely see how special and nerve-wracking of an experience it may have been. I also relate to your feelings about not having to explain the Taiwanese parenting style to others. I'm lucky to have grown up in a part of the U.S. where there is a big East Asian population, but I've also met people who just don't understand those family dynamics.
I read your book years back, and it is still one of the most thought-provoking and moving memoirs I've ever read, and I'm glad more people will get to read it with a new Mandarin version. As an elementary school teacher, I love seeing how books and reading connect people.
Michelle, I loved the exchange with your father! And how you related the slight panic of everything that was going on in your head 😆—and then the acceptance of just letting the people we love be who they are ❤️
Thank you, Michelle, for continuing to enlarge my world. What a great post! It was great to see that Reading with Patrick is finding new audiences--and that your dad is daydreaming when he was meant to be listening!
The idea of letting kids "be free in their own worlds" -- I will take that advice to heart!
Also, congratulations on Baby P's newly acquired bike riding skills.
Wu Ming-Feng reading yr book 3 times?? That's wonderful. Does this mean he read the new translation? Love how you've chronicled the journey of yr book in this substack: Writer -> Agent -> Translator -> Publisher -> Very important reader. Rex sounds super cool! The Ginzburg is fr "Little Virtues"? I think possibly, maybe, the single best thing she wrote? (!) Palestine: For us left-leaning writer and editor types here in the US, WAWOG (Writers Against the War on Gaza -- modeled after American Writers Against the Vietnam War) has been a grounding site and beacon: https://www.writersagainstthewarongaza.com/ (Also on IG) xoxo - Lisa
I love all of this, Michelle 💜 And I’m the same these days about crying like a tap- glad to know I’m in good company 😅
Thank you for sharing about how speaking with your dad as the translator went. I can definitely see how special and nerve-wracking of an experience it may have been. I also relate to your feelings about not having to explain the Taiwanese parenting style to others. I'm lucky to have grown up in a part of the U.S. where there is a big East Asian population, but I've also met people who just don't understand those family dynamics.
I read your book years back, and it is still one of the most thought-provoking and moving memoirs I've ever read, and I'm glad more people will get to read it with a new Mandarin version. As an elementary school teacher, I love seeing how books and reading connect people.
Miffy!!!🥰🥰