Comments on: Ira Sukrungruang Comes to Maine http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/ira-sukrungruang-comes-to-maine/ Raise a glass to the lost arts of reading, writing, and drinking. Thu, 23 May 2013 19:31:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Bill http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/ira-sukrungruang-comes-to-maine/comment-page-1/#comment-25360 Bill Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:42:04 +0000 http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/?p=4411#comment-25360 That's a great interview, Richard. Recommended reading, as is every edition of your blog! That’s a great interview, Richard. Recommended reading, as is every edition of your blog!

]]> By: Richard Gilbert http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/ira-sukrungruang-comes-to-maine/comment-page-1/#comment-25355 Richard Gilbert Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:21:55 +0000 http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/?p=4411#comment-25355 It's nice to see you feature Ira, Bill. I taught Talk Thai last year, and the class and I enjoyed it—the kids really liked his humor. So many memoirs are so dark, and college freshmen tend to appreciate a humorous outlook. Some chose to write their memoir analyses on Talk Thai, often kids whose own lives growing up had been disordered in some way but who had an irrepressible humor about it that I admired. I reviewed Talk Thai on my blog, and then did an interview with Ira: http://richardgilbert.me/2011/01/13/qa-ira-sukrungruang/ It’s nice to see you feature Ira, Bill. I taught Talk Thai last year, and the class and I enjoyed it—the kids really liked his humor. So many memoirs are so dark, and college freshmen tend to appreciate a humorous outlook. Some chose to write their memoir analyses on Talk Thai, often kids whose own lives growing up had been disordered in some way but who had an irrepressible humor about it that I admired.

I reviewed Talk Thai on my blog, and then did an interview with Ira:

http://richardgilbert.me/2011/01/13/qa-ira-sukrungruang/

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