Sarah Laurence

Several friends recommended The Hare with the Amber Eyes  to me ,  given my interest in both Japanese art and Jewish history. This nonfict...

Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami spoke to me as both an artist and a writer. His latest novel has the usual mix of morally ambi...

Pachinko parlor in Nara, Japan The sign of a good book is feeling bereft at the end. After finishing Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (2017), I...

Gate to Shinto shrine at Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto If you're visiting Japan, plan on several days in Kyoto if you enjoy gardens and hi...

Entrance to the Meiji Shrine Inner Gardens in Tokyo Konichiwa from Tokyo! With both of our kids at college, I was free to join my...

Author Lois Lowry listening to a question from a Bowdoin student. My son introduced me to Lois Lowry . He'd read The Giver for six...

A Japanese soldier hiding on a tropical island for 18 years after Word War II ended? That sounds like pure fiction, but No Surrender Soldi...

My photo of Ryoan-ji After my first year of college, my family visited Japan and Hong Kong. I'd taken a couple of courses on Japa...