The vice president’s book, to be released in June, will detail his return to Christianity after leaving the loosely evangelical practice of his childhood.
“I have all the thoughts, dreams, longings and intelligence as any neurotypical person,” says Woody Brown, the author of “Upward Bound,” here with his mother at their California home.
“Some see in his critique of the Mao era parallels to today: the arbitrary rule of an aging leader, harsh treatment of dissent, and government programs that encourage people to inform on one another.” My profile of the octogenarian essayist Gao Ertai, who lived for years in the deserts of western China and now resides in Las Vegas.