In 2007, the memoir/essays of Stealing Buddha’s Dinner won several awards, including best book of the year by the Chicago Tribune. Two years later, author Bic Min Win returned with the novel Short Girls. It explores the dynamics of an Asian-American family. Last August, Eight Forty-Eight’s Book Reviewer Donna Seaman brought us this interview with Win.

Music Button: The Six Parts Seven, “The Day After The Day After Here”, from the CD Silence Magnifies Sound, (Suicide Squeeze records)