Monthly Archives: June 2008

Monthly Wrap: How We Come into the World

June 6, 2008 – 12:00 am

One of the most fascinating things about the birth stories you shared here was how your arrival (as breech, preemie, extra large, and so on) was somehow a metaphor for your personality or a struggle that continues to this day. I had done this as well, though I didn’t realize it until now. For me, […]

By Susan Henderson | Posted in Monthly Wrap |

Xujun Eberlein

June 4, 2008 – 12:01 am

Today I’d like to introduce you to Xujun Eberlein, a tremendous writer and social commentator, who has just published her first book, Apologies Forthcoming. This collection of short stories features relationships that are complicated by China’s Cultural Revolution: lovers who can’t be together, a family that hides a child’s death from her grandmother, and children […]

By Susan Henderson | Posted in Interviews |

Question of the Month: Born

June 2, 2008 – 12:01 am

Where were you born? And if you like, tell me a story either about that place or the birth, itself.

(By the way, this is not a baby I know, just one I found on the internet. Why did I post his picture? Because he might be the cutest little guy I’ve ever seen, and I’m […]

By Susan Henderson | Posted in Question of the Month |