It seems like everyone has an opinion on Tiger Mom these days. Including me (I guess). I’ve been invited by The Today show (not that one), China Radio International’s flagship news magazine program to participate in a special panel discussion inspired by the Amy Chua’s controversial book, “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” to speak on [...]

Current TV journalist Euna Lee made global headlines with her captivity in North Korean jail with fellow journalist Laura Ling last year. Since then, both women have been honored as Glamour’s Women of the Year.  Lee is returning to the public with her début book, The World Is Bigger Now: A Story of Faith, Family [...]

I’m ashamed to say it, but it took me a while to read The New York Times bestseller Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. In fact, I read it after I saw a preview screening of the upcoming Wayne Wang film of the same name, due out July 15. (On a side note, check out [...]

THE FIRE WITHIN: In Samuel Park’s debut novel, This Burns My Heart, reviewer Susan Soon He Stanton finds the post-Korean War protagonist, the long-suffering Soo-Ja, a complex character whose one mistake leads to a lifelong slow burn. ISSUE: FALL 2011 DEPT: Plugged In STORY: Susan Soon He Stanton Perhaps it goes without saying that much [...]

ANATOMY OF A MURDER: In The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino, reviewer Susan Soon He Stanton discovers that a fascinating study of the human psyche can also be an easy read. ISSUE: Spring 2011 DEPT: Plugged In STORY: Susan Soon He Stanton Winner of Japan’s prestigious Naoki Prize with more than 2 million [...]