![]() ![]() He lived near a video store that had a large selection of Hong Kong cinema he rented Shaw Brothers movies, as well as Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and John Woo films. In college, he studied Mandarin and Religion (with a focus on Chinese Buddhism). If they said yes, he'd go to their houses, bringing a notebook. He started asking other kids if he could interview their families. A number of his friends were Asian American why weren't their families' stories in the books? He asked his friend's uncle to tell him more stories. ![]() They had vampires, witches, werewolves, and fairies, but they didn't have anything like the story his friend's uncle told - not even an encyclopedia entry. They had Greek, Norse, and Arthurian mythology. ![]() She had a magic pearl and she stole men's energy.īoroson wanted to learn more about this fox woman, so he went to the library. Over a big, raucous meal, his friend's uncle told a story about a beautiful fox woman. Boroson was nine years old, a Chinese American friend invited him to dinner with his family. ![]()
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