My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of Emancipation from “The Fire Next Time” (1963) by James Baldwin, a potent and lyrical essayist. Dear James: I have begun this letter […]
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(Feature) Nations of experience
No matter how long I make a study of it, I cannot stop marveling at the slippery imprecision of English. It is not the most poetic language, but it is the most poetical in that […]
(Feature) On the proper way to eat sushi
Most of Japanese TV is about food, which is odd considering that Japan consumes fewer calories per person than any other major industrialized nation. (It’s on par with developing, largely agrarian countries like Vietnam and […]
Wabi Sabi: Notes on the Japanese Aesthetic
I am not that species, the Common Western Japanophile. I first visited in 2001 because my friend, who is a Japanophile, was teaching English in Kyoto and offered a free place to stay. I didn’t […]
