May-lee Chai is a writer and educator.
She is the recipient of a National
Endowment for the Arts Grant in
Literature: Fellowship in Prose. In
addition to her books, she has published
numerous short stories in journals,
magazines and anthologies as well as
essays and journalism.
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May-lee was born in California, but has
lived in fourteen states and four
countries. She majored in French and
Chinese Studies from Grinnell College in
Iowa. May-lee received her M.A. in East
Asian Studies from Yale University. She
also completed a second Master’s in
English-Creative Writing from the
University of Colorado in Boulder.
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She has studied
at universities in France, China, and
Taiwan, and likes to study new
languages.
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has taught at various
universities, including San
Francisco State University, the
University of Wyoming, and
Amherst College in
Massachusetts. |
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Little Known Facts
About May-lee |
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She once walked to Burma from the Xishuang Banna Autonomous Region of
China’s Yunnan Province. |
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She has waded in the Mekong. |
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She accidentally slid down a mountain
side while visiting Buddhist holy sites
in Henan province. Only her pride was injured.
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She sat in the shade of a 1000 year old
pagoda and did not attain enlightenment. |
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She spent most of her adolescence on a farm. |
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She believes Ogata Issey is a genius. |
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She is addicted to Korean soap operas. |
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She actually knows how to cook though few
people have ever witnessed this. |
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