Princeton Student transfers to the School of Hard Knocks or Learning Kung Fu...
Recently, I saw a memoir "American Shaolin" by Matthew Polly, a young man who dropped out of Princeton to study Kung Fu at the Shaolin Temple in China. I was stunned to learn the place was real and...
View ArticleFlawed heroes and mechanical body parts: Shaolin Memoir Part 2
As my memoir took shape, a more troubled and prickly young man emerged than I ever realized. However, when I saw this flawed character on the page, it didn't look as bad as I had always feared....
View ArticleMemoir Interview with Matthew Polly Author of “American Shaolin”
It's the old saying: "tragedy plus time equals comedy." It was ten years later. And it was hard to feel sorry for myself when so many good things came out of the sacrifice. For one, I was a stronger...
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