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 That accolade was only superseded at the 95th Academy Awards when...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...
by Leslie Li | Sep 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
Dear Reader, Welcome back to the serialized blog of DOUBLE THUNDER. Though I promised to introduce a new character in Installment #9, I merely mentioned Vera Polsky and described her as the adoptive mother of Lisa/ Yuebing. Here, in Installment #10, Vera is not only...
by Leslie Li | Sep 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Dear Reader, I’ve discovered that a serialized blog on a webpage is not the best way to read chapters of DOUBLE THUNDER because, unlike with an actual book, it allows me only a few formatting possibilities. So in this ninth Installment, I’ve tried to...
