The opposite of fate: memories of a writing life

Fate and faith: CliffsNotes version of my life

How we knew

Question of fate

Faith

Changing the past: Last week

My grandmother's choice

Thinly disguised memoir

Persona errata

Scent

American circumstances and Chinese character: Fish cheeks

Dangerous advice

Midlife confidential

Arrival banquet

Joy luck and Hollywood

Strong winds, strong influences: What she meant

Confessions

Pretty beyond belief

Most hateful words

My love affair with Vladimir Nabokov

Luck, chance, and a charmed life: Inferior decorating

Room with a view, new kitchen, and ghosts

Retreat to reality

My hair, my face, my nails

Ghosts of my imagination

Choice of words: What the library means to me

Mother tongue

Language of discretion

Five writing tips

Required reading and other dangerous subjects

Angst and the second book

Best stories

Hope: What I would remember

To complain is American

Opposite of fate.