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Author: Heather Diamond

Heather Diamond is an American writer living in Hong Kong. She has a Ph.D. in American Studies and has worked as a bookseller, university lecturer, and museum curator. Her essays have appeared in Memoir Magazine, Sky Island Journal, Rappahannock Review, Waterwheel Review, New South Journal, Pacifica Literary Review, and Hong Kong Literary Review. She is the author of "Rabbit in the Moon: a Memoir," released May 2021 by Camphor Press.
March 31, 2022 Culture / Life in Asia / Media Watch / Traditions

The Politician and the Shoe: It’s all Folklore

In Hong Kong social media, an image recently circulated of Hong Kong’s Chief Executive, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-Ngor, with a

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November 30, 2021 Culture / Life in Asia / Love / Relationships

Animal Love: Nature or Culture?

Fred, my Chinese husband and everyone’s favorite uncle, never wanted children and never considered having a pet. He is by

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September 30, 2021 Culture / Relationships / Traveling

Getting Past that Foreign Feeling (Again)

I’ve discovered that when you write a memoir about your marriage, you open yourself up to a lot of hard

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July 15, 2021 Books / Culture

I Survived my First Book Launch: reflections of a publicity coward

As an introvert, I was terrified at the prospect of orchestrating a book launch and public events around the release

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April 22, 2021 Culture / Family / Life in Asia / Uncategorized

In Hong Kong, I’m Old

Once I when I was counseling a Chinese immigrant student in the US, I mentioned that I had gone back

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February 25, 2021 Books / Family / Husband / Relationships

Writing the Other: Intercultural Marriage, Orientalism, and Memoir

Like every new author, I’m both excited and worried about my story going out into the world. Writing a memoir

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January 28, 2021 Culture / Husband / Life in Asia / Love

Living to Eat

It takes us two hours—by bus, train, ferry, and foot—to get from our flat in Hong Kong’s New Territories to

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