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Bookworm, no. 22

Bookworm, no. 22

Fiction by William Ping. Non-fiction by Sasha Colby. A cover artist Q&A. Inside the December issue.

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Dec 19, 2023
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Whisked to the Past

Hollow Bamboo
William Ping
HarperCollins
448 pages, softcover and ebook

William Ping shares a name with his grandfather, who left Guangdong, China, in 1931 to build a life in Newfoundland. In his debut novel, Hollow Bamboo, the younger Ping reimagines this immigration experience. Told by a fictionalized version of the author, the “specula…

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