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b'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'