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Get to know the professors and other experts who work on the challenging issues facing us today, and the educators who work with our next generation. Berkshire Bookworld is hosted by Karen Christensen, founder and CEO of Berkshire Publishing Group 宝库山 is known for its work on China, world history, big history, and environmental sustainability, but on the podcast Karen ranges even more widely, into literature, social issues, and leadership studies.

QIU Xiaolong on poetry, detective fiction, & a search for cross-cultural understanding

This Bookworld conversation with novelist and poet Xiaolong QIU ranges widely, from translating T. S. ELIOT to the challenges of telling stories set in China. Host Karen CHRISTENSEN is known for publishing and writing about China, but also worked for Valerie Eliot, T. S. Eliot’s second wife, and has written about her. In the podcast, [...]

By |2022-11-09T14:04:00+00:00April 3rd, 2021|0 Comments

Gourmand Goes to China

Edouard Cointreau talks about the distinctive characteristics of Chinese gastronomy and the importance Chinese people put on perceived health-giving qualities of what they eat. The post Gourmand Goes to China appeared first on Berkshire Publishing.

By |2021-02-27T14:24:53+00:00August 11th, 2017|0 Comments

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