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My life in 8 words: "An American expatriate writer from Jerusalem to Kathmandu"
Kai Bird's Books
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Crossing Mandelbaum GatePulitzer Prize-winner Kai Bird's vivid memoir of an American childhood spent in the midst of the Arab-Israeli conflict in Jerusalem and Saudia Arabia.Read More
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The Color of Truth"Grey is the color of truth." So observed Mac Bundy in defending America's intervention in Vietnam. Kai Bird brilliantly captures this ambiguity in...Read More
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Los Alamos Monitor, February 8, 2012
...Sherwin, who delivered the Oppenheimer memorial lecture in Los Alamos last year, and Richard Rhodes. Sherwin, along with Kai Bird, wrote the Pulitzer-prize winning biography, “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer....
Daily Bhaskar, May 16, 2011
...well as countries like China, Singapore, and Philippines etc,” said Kapur. Other celebrities expected include Pulitzer-winning American author Kai Bird. The festival that enjoys the patronage of Bhutan’s queen mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck has...
24 World News, May 11, 2011
...well as countries like China, Singapore, and Philippines etc, said Kapur. Other celebrities expected include Pulitzer-winning American author Kai Bird. The festival that enjoys the patronage of Bhutan's queen mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck has been...
Yahoo! India, May 11, 2011
...as countries like China, Singapore, and Philippines etc,� said Kapur. Other celebrities expected include Pulitzer-winning American author Kai Bird. The festival that enjoys the patronage of Bhutan�s queen mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck has been...
Yahoo! India, April 15, 2011
...India as well as countries like China, Singapore, Phillipines etc. A notable mention is Pulitzer winning American author Kai Bird," says Kapur. Organisers are positioning the festival as a tourism cum litereray festival inviting travellers to the...
NPR, April 13, 2011
...Gruber probes the life of a Taliban American. In nonfiction: the late Sen. Ted Kennedy's memoir, and Kai Bird examines both sides of the Palestinian/Israeli divide. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us...
Chicago Tribune, February 18, 2011
...Scribner, 424 pages, $30 As the child of a U.S. Foreign Service officer, Kai Bird grew up in Jerusalem amid the Arabs and Jews in the tribal mosaic of the Middle East. Every day, he was driven to school through Mandelbaum Gate, which marked...
Kanlaon, March 15, 2011
...Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Scribner) Autobiography : Darin Strauss’ Half a Life (McSweeney’s) Finalists : Kai Bird’s Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and the Israelis, 1956- 1978 (Scribner); ...
GalleyCat, March 10, 2011
...at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell Crossing Mandelbaum Gate : Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis by Kai Bird The Possessed by Elif Batuman Nox by Anne Carson The Professor and Other Writings by Terry Castle Lyric Poetry and Modern Politics: Russia,...
