I’m in Hainan, China, having just last week crested the hill of a slate of author visits. Wednesday was my busiest day; I did three events at two schools – and all three of those events different kinds of talks and workshops. I had this weekend off with my dad in sunny, humid Hainan, and took full advantage.

Every time I’m in China I play the game of What’s different than before? In my last core sample from March of 2019, I wrote:

If this is the future, then it’s a deeply complicated – and in ways...