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On Writing a Novel
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Hi everybody. It’s been a real long time. Sorry about that. I’m back with some good news, assuming you liked reading things that I’ve written. If you don’t, well, then I have some bad news: I wrote a book. It’s … Continue reading →
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Sayonara: Six Posts on Leaving
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It’s been about a year since I left Japan, and I know many friends and readers (those in the JET Program) are coming up on saying goodbye to a country or to their friends who are headed home. Here’s a … Continue reading →
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Japan - 2016-01-16 05:24:51 |
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On Sexual Harassment in Japan (Part 3): A Modest Proposal
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 I have been overwhelmed by the support from readers of my posts, On Sexual Harassment in Japan (Part 1) and (Part 2). I’m also stunned at how many of you had stories of your own, shared here or in … Continue reading →
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On Sexual Harassment in Japan (Part 1)
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Last week, Ayaka Shiomura, a 35-year-old lawmaker in Tokyo, was raising questions about the role of working mothers in Japan when someone started jeering. ?Why don?t you get married"? one voice shouted out. Then another: ?Can?t you have a baby"?...
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On Being From Somewhere Else in Japan
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One of the most useful discoveries of a recent trip to Italy was that I had remembered some Italian curse words overheard during my childhood at my grandmother?s house, where older relatives would engage in a memory contest of their … Continue...
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On Taking Pictures in Kathmandu.
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I haven’t written in over a year, but I wanted to share my photographs from the month I spent in Kathmandu. It was my liminal phase between Japan and London. The relaxed, chaotic atmosphere of Kathmandu was a stark contrast … Continue reading →
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On Life after Japan
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The airplane is parked at the far end of a runway, the airport clear outside the portal, the name of my city, Fukuoka, in clear red letters. The mountains are clear in the distance, lush green trees reaching toward blue … Continue reading →
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On Falling Out of London
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Words are social creatures, with every word defined by other words, and dictionaries are a party. Interactions define things: words can?t write themselves. Meaning emerges in connections and gaps. Take some scissors to a Webster?s and cut out your...
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On Sexual Harassment in Japan (Part 2): For ALTs
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In my previous post (part 1) I discussed the history of sexual harassment law in Japan, and the struggles women continue to face today. But in truth, this series was inspired by a report in The Japan Times about foreign workers in … Continue...
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On Not Being Offended by Avril Lavigne in Japan
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If nobody in Japan thinks a racist video about the Japanese is racist, can anyone be offended" The children’s novelty act known as ‘Avril Lavigne’ really struck offensive gold with her recent video, and criticism runs the gamut: It?s...
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On Pilgrims
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I live on Tabard Street in London, one of the original streets leading into the city proper, a site where pilgrims gathered before departing the city (such as those in Chaucer?s Canterbury Tales) or upon arriving in it. The entire … Continue...
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