Chrysanthemums and Their Symbolism in Chinese Culture
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Babylon, South DakotaIn Tom Lin's Babylon, South Dakota, Saul and Mei migrate from China to America with only some gold and a packet of chrysanthemum seeds. Once rooted in the soil, the flowers become almost a character in the story, taking over the land, refusing to be cut down or pruned, and surviving even the ...
Doppelgängers
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As IfIsabel Waidner's novel As If focuses on two men who look uncannily like one another. Doppelgängers—unrelated people who look near-identical—have been a subject of fascination for centuries, and remain one today.
The word doppelgänger comes from German folklore, and ...
No Planet B
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Earth 7The title of Earth 7 raises the question, right away, of more than one Earth. 'Earth 7' is not another planet, however; in the book, that name refers to a collection of Earth 'traces,' the preserved genetic materials of various Earth lifeforms. The people of Mars are intent on collecting these ...
