Wayson Choy and I were both English teachers at Humber College in Toronto when he published his first book, The Jade Peony, in 1995. He was 56 at the time, a late-breaking author. I had published my ...
Aviva Groner Brown and Brian Scott Wayson are pleased to announce that they are putting their wealth of experience and sincere compassion for others to work for those who need or would like assistance ...
Jen Sookfong Lee first stumbled across the work of Wayson Choy in the early ’90s, when she was in Grade 11. Choy, who was raised in Vancouver, had written a short story called “The Jade Peony”, which ...
A Canadian literary giant has died eight days after his 80th birthday. Wayson Choy is best known as the author of The Jade Peony, which was a pioneering novel about three Chinese Canadian siblings ...
B.C. author Wayson Choy will receive the George Woodcock Award this year, an honour that recognizes an author for an outstanding literary career and for contributions to society. Choy was the first ...
I got to know Wayson Choy sitting across the table from him over a series of meals in the later years of his life. We were introduced via email by Michael Erickson, co-owner of Glad Day Bookshop, in ...
Edward O. Wayson Jr., 54, an influential lawyer and lobbyist in Annapolis who was a longtime proponent of gambling interests in Maryland, died Dec. 4 of complications from an aortic aneurysm at ...
C.M. "Jack" Wayson, 87, died Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018, at the Vinton Lutheran Home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 19, at Vinton Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Jessica ...
Already facing calls for his resignation, the newest member of the Anne Arundel County school board said yesterday that he will ask the county ethics commission to review his construction and ...
Need a chiropractic adjustment but can’t make it to the office? Ask your doctor to come to the field. Dr. Blake Wayson, owner of Wayson Family Chiropractic in Cedar Falls, Iowa, hauls his portable ...
Kevin Eugene Wayson, 58, of Urbana, died Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at his home in Urbana. At this time plans for a memorial service are pending. Iowa Cremation is assisting the family. Kevin Wayson ...