Podcast appearances and mentions of angela davis-gardner

Today I talked with Angela Davis-Gardner, an award-winning North Carolina-based novelist writing about Japan. Her book Butterfly’s Child (Random House, 2011) depicts the journey of a Japanese American boy Benji, who is plucked from the security of his home in Nagasaki to live with his American father, Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, and stepmother, Kate, on their farm in Illinois. When the true that Benji’s true identity as a child born from a liaison between an officer and a geisha surfaces, Benji is set on a journey to uncover the truth about his mother’s tragic death. In this interview, Angela explains the conflicts, love, betrayal and redemption beautifully conceived and portrayed in her book. Melody Yunzi Li, originally from Canton, China, is currently a visiting assistant professor at Transylvania University. She holds an MPhil in translation from the University of Hong Kong and is a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature at Washington University in St.Louis. She was also a visiting scholar at Harvard University 2015-2016. Her research areas include Asian American studies, modern Chinese literature, film and culture and diasporic Chinese literature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I talked with Angela Davis-Gardner, an award-winning North Carolina-based novelist writing about Japan. Her book Butterfly’s Child (Random House, 2011) depicts the journey of a Japanese American boy Benji, who is plucked from the security of his home in Nagasaki to live with his American father, Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, and stepmother, Kate, on their farm in Illinois. When the true that Benji’s true identity as a child born from a liaison between an officer and a geisha surfaces, Benji is set on a journey to uncover the truth about his mother’s tragic death. In this interview, Angela explains the conflicts, love, betrayal and redemption beautifully conceived and portrayed in her book. Melody Yunzi Li, originally from Canton, China, is currently a visiting assistant professor at Transylvania University. She holds an MPhil in translation from the University of Hong Kong and is a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature at Washington University in St.Louis. She was also a visiting scholar at Harvard University 2015-2016. Her research areas include Asian American studies, modern Chinese literature, film and culture and diasporic Chinese literature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I talked with Angela Davis-Gardner, an award-winning North Carolina-based novelist writing about Japan. Her book Butterfly’s Child (Random House, 2011) depicts the journey of a Japanese American boy Benji, who is plucked from the security of his home in Nagasaki to live with his American father, Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, and stepmother, Kate, on their farm in Illinois. When the true that Benji’s true identity as a child born from a liaison between an officer and a geisha surfaces, Benji is set on a journey to uncover the truth about his mother’s tragic death. In this interview, Angela explains the conflicts, love, betrayal and redemption beautifully conceived and portrayed in her book. Melody Yunzi Li, originally from Canton, China, is currently a visiting assistant professor at Transylvania University. She holds an MPhil in translation from the University of Hong Kong and is a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature at Washington University in St.Louis. She was also a visiting scholar at Harvard University 2015-2016. Her research areas include Asian American studies, modern Chinese literature, film and culture and diasporic Chinese literature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Well-Tempered Mind: Using Music to Help Children Listen and Learn documents an acclaimed music and education program developed a decade ago by Winston-Salem Symphony conductor and music director Peter Perret.

D. G. Martin interviews Robyn Hadley - Within View, Within Reach: Navigating the College-Bound Journey - More than twenty-five years after being offered admission and full scholarships to Duke University, Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Robyn S. Hadley continues to assist students, families and others in the process of navigating the college-bound journey. Within View, Within Reach is a "How To" guide for parents that educates them about the world of college admissions and how they can best assist their teenager in finding the right college and paying for it. In this book, Hadley shares a roadmap for parents to assist their teenager in navigating the college bound journey and how to bring the dream of a college education from Within View to Within Reach

D. G. Martin interviews Angela Davis-Gardner - Butterfly's Child

DG Martin interviews Angela Davis-Gardner - Plum Wine In this episode of North Carolina Bookwatch, author and North Carolina State University professor Angela Davis-Gardner examines the human relationships, cultural differences, and the irreparable consequences of war that runs deep in Plum Wine 's original and timeless tale.

DG Martin interviews Angela Davis-Gardner - Plum Wine In this episode of North Carolina Bookwatch, author and North Carolina State University professor Angela Davis-Gardner examines the human relationships, cultural differences, and the irreparable consequences of war that runs deep in Plum Wine 's original and timeless tale.