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Bonnie Tsui is a journalist and author of the new book Why We Swim.\n\n\u201cI am a self-motivated person. I really don\u2019t like being told what to do. I\u2019ve thought about this many times over the last 16 years that I\u2019ve been a full-time freelancer... even though I thought my dream was to always and forever be living in New York, working in publishing, working at a magazine, being an editor, writing. When I was an editor, I kind of hated it. I just didn\u2019t like being chained to a desk.\u201d\n\nThanks to Mailchimp and Pitt Writers for sponsoring this week's episode.\n@bonnietsui\nbonnietsui.com\n[02:34] Why We Swim (Algonquin \u2022 2020)\n[03:50] American Chinatown: A People's History of Five Neighborhoods (Tsui \u2022 Free Press \u2022 2009)\n[11:02] The Deep (2012)\n[28:25] "With His Absence, My Artist Father Taught Me the Art of Vanishing" (Catapult \u2022 Feb 2019)\n[42:11] "After Fires, Napa and Sonoma Tourism Industry Is Getting Back on Its Feet" (New York Times \u2022 Oct 2017)\n[45:04] "Child Care: What\u2005\u2014\u2005and Who\u2005\u2014\u2005It Takes to Raise a Family" (California Sunday \u2022 July 2019)\n[49:38] "The Break: Female Big-Wave Surfers Prepare to Compete on Mavericks\u2019s 50-Foot Waves for the First Time" (California Sunday \u2022 Aug 2018)\n[50:46] "Meet the Women Who Are Changing What it Means to be a Mom and a Professional Athlete" (Sports Illustrated \u2022 Dec 2019)\n[54:03] "You Are Doing Something Important When You Aren\u2019t Doing Anything" (New York Times \u2022 June 2019)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices