Yin & Yang Press
Many friends and acquaintances told me over the years that it must have been 'interesting' growing up in the Deep South as part of the sole Chinese family in town. Upon reflection, I realized that perhaps they were right, and decided to write a memoir, Southern Fried Rice. In doing research for this book, I learned much about the history of Chinese immigrants in the U. S. and Canada. I used this material to help promote my book on a website, which proved very helpful in getting positive support that eventually led me to write a social history, Chinese Laundries, and before long, a third book on Chinese history in Mississippi, Chopsticks in the Land of Cotton. A fourth book, Sweet and Sour: Life in Chinese Family Restaurants, will be available in early 2010.
This new 'career' following my retirement after 40 years as a psychology professor was due not to a master plan, but to such a highly unlikely fortuitous series of happy encounters and contacts that I was urged to provide an overview on a website.
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