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Jan.12.2013
“Schuyler writes with piercing intelligence and real insight into the complex worlds of literary translation and human relationships.” — Ellen Sussman, author of the New York Times bestselling novel, French Lessons
In silken prose and with subtle suspense, Nina Schuyler brings us a...
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Nov.04.2012
Rendered with tenderness, humor, and an insider's knowledge of contemporary Japan, Losing Kei is the story of a love affair between and American expatriate artist and a tradition-bound Japanese family man. Melding the off-kilter cultural misunderstandings of Lost in Translation with the...
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Jan.29.2012
My Postwar Life
New Writings from Japan and Okinawa
This selection of new work by some of Japan’s most eminent observers and artists offers a richly nuanced perspective on the complex relationship between Japan and the U.S. in the long aftermath of war.
An Interview with former...
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Nov.27.2011
Kazuo Nakamoto's life in inner-city Tokyo is one of tea and tofu, of American TV and rock 'n' roll. Kazuo is nine. It is the mid-1960s, just after the Japan Olympics, and Kazuo dreams of being a track star. He hangs out with his buddies, goes to school, and helps with household chores. But...
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Oct.21.2011
This is a story about a good man who loves two women. He lives the good life of a respected professor in a quiet college town on the United States west coast. He loves his wife, his cottage garden and his academic routine. He is content. But when his new Japanese graduate assistant’s mother visits...
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Oct.08.2011
Japan's Tipping Point is a small book on a huge topic. In the post-Fukushima era, Japan is the "canary in the coal mine" for the rest of the world. Can Japan radically shift its energy policy, become greener, more self-sufficient, and avoid catastrophic impacts on the climate? ...
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Sep.14.2011
Soft adventure. The sort of experience that goes beyond the typical tourist itinerary. There is no great physical challenge involved here. There is considerable food for the spirit. And the body. And on the windjammer, a rum swizzle at every turn. Not to worry, you're not driving.
I wrote...
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Jun.27.2011
San Francisco poet and musician, Kevin Simmonds, trained as classical singer but grew up in jazz, blues and gospel-drenched New Orleans. His poems travel the distance from a southern spiritual's lamentation to gay men in a Bangkok sex club to competitive hot dog eating. With tender...
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Apr.13.2011
Read interviews with 14 Western women who speak candidly about the challenges in making cross-cultural marriages work both inside and outside Japan, and the joys and frustrations of adapting to a different culture. (Kindle e-book)
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Mar.22.2011
In this new, expanded edition of her prize-winning collection, Midge Raymond explores the indelible imprint of home upon the self and the ways in which new frontiers both defy and confirm who we are. Including new stories as well as a reader’s guide, FORGETTING ENGLISH takes us around the world,...
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