Authors & Asia: "The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream"
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Award-winning journalist Dan Washburn visits the Texas Center in support of his new book, The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream. It follows the lives of three men intimately involved in China's bizarre golf scene, where new golf courses are at once banned and booming. Washburn, who lived in China from 2002 to 2011, spent more than seven years researching and writing the book described as "strikingly original" by The Wall Street Journal and "gripping" by The Economist. Houston Chronicle book editor Maggie Galehouse will be in conversation with the author.
Following the program, Dan Washburn will visit with guests and sign books. Brazos Bookstore will sell The Forbidden Game on site.
About Dan Washburn
Dan Washburn is an award-winning reporter and managing editor at Asia Society. His writing has appeared in FT Weekend Magazine, Slate, Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, The Economist, Golf World, Golf Digest, ESPN.com, the South China Morning Post, and other publications. His work has been featured in the anthologies Unsavory Elements: Stories of Foreigners on the Loose in China and Inside the Ropes: Sportswriters Get Their Game On. Dan is also the founding editor of Shanghaiist.com, one of the most widely read English-language websites about China.
About Maggie Galehouse
Maggie Galehouse is the Houston Chronicle's book editor. She grew up in New England and earned a Ph.D. in English at Temple University in Philadelphia, Penn. An award-winning reporter, Galehouse has covered education, crime, business and features for a handful of newspapers. Occasionally, Maggie can be heard on NPR discussing books. Her book reviews have appeared in the New York Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Houston Chronicle.
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Performing arts and cultural programs at Asia Society are made possible through generous support from the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance, Bank of America, The Clayton Fund, and Mickey Rosenau & Dr. Ellen Gritz. Additional support comes from the Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts and the Favrot Fund. Funding is also provided through contributions from Friends of Performing Arts & Culture at Asia Society Texas Center. Presented in collaboration with Brazos Bookstore.
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