New Year, New 'Legacy & Lore'
Join in the hunt for my father's mysterious treasure box
Happy 2022 !
I spent the holidays finishing up an assignment that’s consumed most of my energy for 14 months, and today I’m savoring the prospect of concentrating on my own work going forward. That work includes a memoir about my father that I started shortly after his death, way back in 2007. A lot of other books and projects have interrupted completion of Dad’s mystery, as I’ve come to think of it, but my resolution is to finish it this year. And that’s why I’m writing to you.
After posting several excerpts from the memoir over on Medium, I’ve discovered that there’s quite a lot of interest in my research and in my family’s uniquely Chinese-American story. I can’t overstate how much this interest helps as I push ahead with what sometimes seems a Sisyphean writing task. That’s why I’ve decided to devote this newsletter to the Legacy & Lore related to this project, including everything from historical tales of China to the craft of memoir writing.
