Lam, a Vietnamese-born editor and cofounder of an association of ethnic media outlets who travels between East Asia and the US as a journalist and writer, collects 21 personal essays on how the East and West have changed and are changing each other. Among the topics in the essays are living in Vietnam during the Vietnam War, learning English and immigrating to California, global culture, the changing culture of China, the American popularity of kung fu fighting in film, yoga, and pho, and reconciling the two worlds. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)