by Leslie Li | Mar 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
For years I’ve written for print publications. Newspapers like The New York Times and The Christian Science Monitor. Magazines like Travel & Leisure, Gourmet, Saveur, Modern Maturity, and Garden Design. But not until recently have I ever written for an...
by Leslie Li | Mar 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Year of the Rabbit started with a big bang for Asian Americans and Asians worldwide who love movies. I was thrilled when Time magazine named Malaysian/Chinese actress Michelle Yeoh Icon of the Year. That accolade was only superseded at the 95th Academy Awards when...
by Leslie Li | Dec 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
Happy Holidays! I want to thank all of you who’ve been reading the installments of DOUBLE THUNDER and to let you know that I won’t be posting any subsequent ones, now that I’ve acquired a literary agent. May she have all the luck in the world in...
by Leslie Li | Oct 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
Dear Reader: Welcome to Installment #12 of DOUBLE THUNDER. If you recall, in Installment #11, Hardu is caught stealing medical supplies by the Polish refugee Vera Polsky and is taken by kempetai—Japanese military police—to Bridge House, Shanghai’s most notorious...
by Leslie Li | Sep 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
Dear Reader, This installment will be short and sweet. It also concludes Chapter 3: VERA. If you recall, in Installment #10, Vera Polsky takes up the pen (or calligraphy brush!) and continues Hardu’s letter to Bittersweet. She introduces herself as...