How brusque of me to just jump in and jabber without a self-introduction. I'm Justin, Associate Editor of QPB.  I hope to blog quite often here--about books, culture and related matters.  Presently I have no plans to sit at the table on The View. 

What do I think you should be reading right now? I just can't shut up about A Thousand Years of Good Prayers by Yiyun Li--a stunning debut by any counts, all the more so because its author never wrote a word of fiction (in her native Chinese or English) until 10 years ago.  Forget all those frantic editorials about the rise of the Chinese superpower and spend some time with a tiny handful of its billion citizens. They've all got tragedies, secrets, piccadilloes and yarns to spill.  Li does it astoundingly well and delicately. You'll love this.