Just saw these childrens’ books about Barack and Michelle at the local bookstore. I’m quite certain the Obamas are more popular here than they are in the US.
Eighty percent of the human body is made of water, so it isn’t surprising that one sees a different face in the mirror each morning. The skin of the forehead and cheeks changes shape from movement to movement like the mud of a swamp, shifting with the movements of the water below and the footsteps of the people walking above it.
–Yoko Tawada, The Bath (via youarebonbon and unicornology)
In college I read some of her works in my Japanese lit class, and then I was lucky enough to meet her when she came to do a reading on our campus. It was absolutely enthralling. She wove stories seamlessly through English and Japanese and German; she used the space of the room in her poetry, moving around the room as she recited lines; she showed pictures as she was reading and then threw them in various directions. She’s a fascinating writer, and definitely worth reading.
Via HOLY SHIT, IT'S A FUCKING RAINBOW.About Me
My name is Lawrence Denes.After spending 5 years studying Japanese language, culture, literature, and history in St. Louis and Kyoto, I now live in Japan, in a town that most Japanese people have never even heard of, lost amid the rice fields and vending machines.
Please feel free to ask me anything, or send me an email.
