Nury Vittachi, HK, moderator Nury founded the Asian Literary Review, The Man Asian Literary Prize and the HK Iternationa Literary Festival. An author and journalist, he is famous for his "feng shui" detective series and his children's books. He has 3 adopted chinese daughters. Xu Xi directs a writing program in HK City University, and also, in Vermont College of Fine Arts, a MFA program. She is a short story writer, essayist, novelist. (right) To the left in yoga posture is Ovidia Yu, who has written 30 plays, one winning an Edinburgh Fringe First. She attended the Univ of Iowa's internationa Writing Pogramme on a Fulbright Scholarship. She is currently writing a historical mysetery set in 1920's Singapore. They all talk about language changing and adapting to "transnationalism". Neither says she is Chinese; Xu Xi's home has been HK, and Ovidia Yu is "Singaporean". XU Xi mentions Maxine Hong Kingston's concept of the "talk story". Xu Xi's mother was Haaka, Japanese and Chinese. Father was chinese but spoke cantonese. Nury made it all very amusing...and both he and Xu Xi came to talk to me, afterwards and invited me to join them for dinner at "Lost Heaven", which proved very enjoyable and supportive. Xu Xi likes Emily Dickinson, so that was a good bonding between us.
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