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Ever wonder what would happen if your parents had married someone else? "If Grandmother Had Married a Peasant" takes it a step farther, blending real-life memories with fantasies of an alternate past. The essay was a top-five finalist in A Room of Her Own Foundation's 2011 Orlando Prize.
The Chinese government finally acknowledged in May that the Three Gorges dam presents serious environmental problems; check out coverage in the Washington Post. Read Li’s op-ed about the social impacts of the dam in New America Media.
In the Lap of the Gods is featured in Epoch Times, a progressive Chinese American periodical, and a newscast from NTDTV. Watch the video here – in Mandarin Chinese.
Can we afford to lose our print books? I make The Case for Paper in my radio essay — digital media are too fragile to entrust the preservation of knowledge. Check out the commentary aired February, 2011 on KQED, a leading NPR station.
"Small Loans Have Big Impact on Local Businesses" appeared in the Bay Citizen and SF Public Press, highlighting the impact of microloans in boosting small businesses here in the U.S.
"Tenrikyo - Ritual and Reason," has been awarded 9th Place in the Inspirational Writing category of the 79th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition. While soul searching in Japan, I learned some unexpected lessons from elderly women on the spiritual path.
I've been working with the National Radio Project on their flagship program, Making Contact, heard on 200 stations in and beyond the U.S. It’s a weekly radio show with in-depth coverage of social and political issues. Listening to Making Contact is like reading a good book – with sound effects.
Check out my segment about entrepreneurs who are surviving - and thriving - in this recession, thanks to nonprofits and microlenders. The show aired August 11, 2010 as part of the "How We Survive" series.
Check out my digs for the summer at the San Francisco Writers' Grotto, a community of authors and artists. We’re here to work on our writing projects.
