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...patients and doctors alike, it's this balance of risk and benefit that ultimately decides. Dr. Alfred Chang, chief of surgical oncology at the University of Michigan Medical School, believes most women will do what their doctor recommends if the choice is properly presented. He suggests that oncologists need to be more aggressive in explaining chemotherapy's benefits. Having never had to go through it myself, I have difficulty imagining all the factors a woman--young or old--weighs when considering chemo. It's her life, and she has to make the call. All I would ask is that...
...Certainly America needs to address the threat posed by North Korea, but the U.S. should deal with it through diplomacy, not immediate military action. Surely some may think that North Korea is a bigger threat than Iraq. But the threat is bigger only for its neighbor South Korea. Thomas Chang New City...
...This worldwide Chinese diaspora has changed the Chinese literary landscape and transformed what it means to be a Chinese author, to the point where much of the most robust "Chinese" literature is no longer even written in Chinese. In just the past decade, Chinese émigré authors who have adopted other languages have gained prominent seats in the world's literary pantheon. Dai Sijie's Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, written in French, was an immediate best-seller in France and won five prizes. Anchee Min's 1994 English-language memoir, Red Azalea, was named a "Notable Book...
...Chinese emigre authors who received advanced education in the West are more likely to write in English. Both Ha Jin and Jung Chang hold doctorates from Western universities, and Da Chen, author of Colors of the Mountain, received a law degree from Columbia University. Anchee Min completed a master's in fine arts at the Art Institute of Chicago...
...English-language novel, Lili, in 1998, it took me three years to find an American publisher. During that time, agents and publishers suggested that I publish Lili as a biography or memoir instead of as fiction. The commercial success of Nien Cheng's Life and Death in Shanghai, Jung Chang's Wild Swans and Adeline Yeh Mah's Falling Leaves had proved that memoirs about China sell. When I refused to change categories, I was turned down. But when Ha Jin's novel Waiting became a best-seller in the U.S., my luck changed. In fact, Pantheon Books, the same...