Half-life     The bumbling story of me     Kay Xander Mellish, 1964-

Suburban Romantic Wauwatosa, Wisconsin looks much better from a distance.   Where Milwaukee seemed bohemian

New York Part 1: The Early 80s To be young, not quite broke, and have Manhattan as a giant playground. I move to New York The Academic Life vs. Nightlife Everybody is an artist Exotic college jobs

How I Was Wrong About the Berlin Wall And why 22-year-olds are not placed in charge of international affairs.   When Berlin was nowheresville On being followed by spies My boyfriend the schizophrenic Border guards examine my purse Escape from Berlin An undistinguished return

The Chinese Found Me Amusing My life in the last days of colonial Hong Kong Why I came to Hong Kong The home for ladies A bad reporter on a bad newspaper Chestnut-haired Irish poets and the White Flower Medicine Sign Tiananmen Square The Hong Kong goodbye party

New York Part 2: The 90s Journalism, romance, a nervous breakdown. A wire service reporter with a giant mobile phone I borrow a chair at CNN Why I never got married I get famous, crack up, and leave town

My Life in Denmark At first I could only understand the hand puppets. Q&A about living in Denmark.

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