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Sep 2, 2024 | 
medium.com | Michelle Sterling
Before heading to church today, I received an unsettling email from one of my clients. The subject? “Ricky Pearsall shot in Union Square.” The message? “I’m glad you’re not in San Francisco.”Less than a week ago, I was meandering through the streets of San Francisco. Around 3:30 PM, I found myself in Union Square. I had taken the BART from SFO to Powell Street and arrived at what can only be described as a ghost town.
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May 8, 2024 | 
vice.com | Michelle Sterling
Before Tumblr, before Wordpress, and around the time LiveJournal was just a twinkle in an emo teen's eye, there was Diaryland, a blog site overseen by a cartoon cat named 'Constable Whiskers.'Andrew Smales, a self-taught programmer from Canada, built Diaryland in 1999 for people to accomplish a paradox: write their diaries in public. The site gained attention fast. With 2.2 million users at its height, it was poised to draw a massive sum of venture capital.
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May 5, 2024 | 
warrandytediary.com.au | Michelle Sterling |James Poyner |Warrandyte Diary
How to care for your household appliances by Michelle Sterling 6th May 2024 APPLIANCES: they’re the unsung heroes of our homes, tirelessly working behind the scenes to make our lives easier. From the trusty refrigerator to the faithful washing machine, these marvels of modern technology deserve a little TLC to keep them humming along smoothly.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
medium.com | Michelle Sterling
In the world of fashion, the advice on dressing for your body type is as familiar as the little black dress — a staple, a classic. We’re told to dress to accentuate our curves, elongate our legs, or create a more proportionate silhouette. Yet, counter-intuitively, when it comes to making a true sartorial statement and feeling our best, the rules of body type can sometimes be more limiting than liberating.
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May 31, 2023 | 
audiofilemagazine.com | Michelle Sterling
Graham Halstead, Greta Jung, and Emily Tremaine narrate this dystopian sci-fi novel. In the near future, survivors converge on a remote camp in northern Canada. Rose is a Bloom, a sex worker assigned to Camp Zero. Rather than making Rose a figure of pity, Jung portrays her quiet strength of character and will to survive. Grant Grimley is a young academic who is desperate to escape his family and his past.
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May 13, 2023 | 
simonandschuster.com | Jordan Peterson |Yeonmi Park |Brinda Charry |Michelle Sterling
“Mai Nguyen has proven herself to be a real standout.” —Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author A tender, humorous, and page-turning debut about a Vietnamese Canadian family in Toronto who will do whatever it takes to protect their no-frills nail salon after a new high end salon opens up—even if it tears the family apart. Perfect for readers of Olga Dies Dreaming and The Fortunes of Jaded Women.
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May 1, 2023 | 
psnews.com.au | Michelle Sterling
Reviewed by Robert Goodman. By Michelle Min Sterling, Hachette, $32.99. Michelle Min Sterling’s debut Camp Zero falls clearly into the growing climate fiction (cli-fi) canon. Set less than thirty years in the future it conceives of a world struggling with rising temperatures and intense weather events. Unsurprisingly, this is also a world that exacerbates the differences between rich and poor – with the wealthy being able to buffer themselves against the worst the climate can throw at them.
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Apr 29, 2023 | 
straitstimes.com | Michelle Sterling |Prisca Ang
By Michelle Min Sterling Fiction/John Murray/Paperback/294 pages/From $20.10/Amazon/3 stars Already a subscriber? Log in ST One Digital $9.90 $9.90/month No contract ST app access on 1 mobile device Unlock these benefits All subscriber-only content on ST app and straitstimes.com Easy access any time via ST app on 1 mobile device E-paper with 2-week archive so you won't miss out on content that matters to you
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Apr 10, 2023 | 
publishersweekly.com | Jonathan Escoffery |Michelle Sterling |Jeannette Walls |Leigh McMullan Abramson
Amerie’s Book Club The book: If I Survive You by Jonathan EscofferyOur reviewer says: “Escoffery’s vibrant and varied debut, a linked collection, chronicles the turbulent fate of a Jamaican American family in Miami.” Read more.
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Apr 4, 2023 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Michelle Sterling |Max Brooks
by Michelle Min Sterling ‧ A young Korean American woman must forge her own path and protect her mother in an uncertain future. It’s 2049, and 25-year-old Rose accepts a dangerous assignment from Damien, her master-of-the-universe boss, who promises that she and her mother will be set with income and housing for life in a precarious, ever warming world if she succeeds.
