The most number of years between visits to Manila: 5
The longest self has ever stayed in Manila since she left for grad school: 4 months
How long it took her to see Ground Zero after 9/11: 7 months
The number of years it took her to produce her one 9/11 story: 8 years
The number of pages in her 9/11 story: 4 pages
The number of pages in Ginseng and Other Tales From Manila: 100
The number of pages in Mayor of the Roses, her second collection: 181
The number of pages in The Lost Language, her third collection: 153
The number of pages in her novella, Jenalyn, out this month from Vagabondage Press: 80
The number of years it took for her to complete her fourth collection, Magellan’s Mirror: 4
The number of years it took her to find the right ending for “Silence,” the story that was shortlisted for the O. Henry Literature Prize: 3
Total number of years she spent in Stanford as a grad student, first in East Asian Studies and then in English with a concentration in Creative Writing: 4
Number of books she read in 2012: 39
Number of books she read in 2011: 44
The longest period of time between checks of Facebook: a few hours
The number of times she has been to Corregidor: 2
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
Kyi May Kaung said,
January 30, 2013 at 6:27 pm
The number of years I have been away from Burma – 30