Archive - May 12, 2013

Peter Hessler: Strange Stones   “Strange Stones” (Harper Collins, 2013), by Peter Hessler (R). (Hessler photo: Darryl Kennedy) Two members of the famous “China Gang” of Peace Corps writers, Peter Hessler and Mike Meyer, will be talking about China and Peter’s new book, Strange Stones at the Asia Society on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at 6:30 p.m to 8:30 p.m. Here are the details: ChinaFile Presents: Peter Hessler, author of the recently published Strange Stones: Dispatches from East and West, a collection of essays and writing on China and the United States over the past decade. He will be in discussion with author Michael Meyer and Susan Jakes, Editor of ChinaFile. Strange Stones is a far-ranging, thought-provoking collection of Hessler’s best reportage from The New Yorker over the past decade. During this time, Hessler lived in both Asia and the United States, writing as both native and knowledgeable outsider in . . .