Kenji and the Cricket: A book about Post-war Japan
Today is Aug. 6, the anniversary date of the bombing of Hiroshima. Shortly afterwards Japan surrendered. In the wake of such catastrophic defeat, thousands of children were orphaned. Kenji and the...
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First, there’s the book and then there’s the movie. Where to encounter the narrative first is always the question! Most of us ‘older’ folk tend to encounter the narrative first in a book, and then...
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