Happy (Lunar) New Year!

year-monkeyHappy New Year!

February 8 marks the start of the new year, according to the lunar calendar. This year is the Year of the Fire Monkey.

Having spent many years living and working in Asian countries that celebrate the lunar new year, it’s also part of my own tradition. I haven’t sent out Christmas cards for a very long time, but for several years after I came back from my decade in Singapore I sent Chinese New Year cards instead. Not this year. Consider this post your New Year’s greeting from me!

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

恭喜发财

About the author

I am the author of three novels--THE LAST BIRD OF PARADISE, OLIVER'S TRAVELS, and THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY--and three story collections--IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. I am also the co-founder and former editor of Prime Number Magazine and the editor of the award-winning anthology series EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET.

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