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Bruce Rutledge
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The NOLA-Nippon challenge
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En-Joying Kanji: A Review of Eve Kushner’s Joy o’ Kanji
David Jacobson
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Michael Rozek Redefines Nonfiction
Bruce Rutledge
April 19, 2012 (1)

Viewed Sideways: a collection of essays by Donald Richie
D. Michael Ramirez II
December 30, 2011 (0)

New Orleans Book Fest
Bruce
November 4, 2011 (0)

Review: The Beautiful One Has Come (Suzanne Kamata)
D. Michael Ramirez II
August 12, 2011 (0)

The JET Program's Finest Hour
David Jacobson
July 9, 2011 (0)

And the winner is ...
Bruce Rutledge
July 5, 2011 (0)

An even dozen: slow books in a fast world
Bruce Rutledge
June 29, 2011 (1)

Last Chapter for an Island Bookstore?
David Jacobson
June 24, 2011 (0)

More than just another 'Kawaii' face
Bruce Rutledge
June 16, 2011 (0)

Hurricane Story - Free Offer!
Dave Jacobson
June 9, 2011 (0)

Books for Katrina-hit New Orleans Schools
David Jacobson
May 25, 2011 (0)

Todd Shimoda wins Hawaii's top literary award
Chin Music Press
April 12, 2011 (1)

"The Apprenticeship of Big Toe P": A Review
Will Eells
March 28, 2011 (0)

A great sorrow
Bruce Rutledge
March 25, 2011 (1)

Blog Entry
More than just another 'Kawaii' face
Bruce Rutledge
June 16, 2011

I joined the "lamestream" media for a moment the other day and posted a story on a CNN website about Japan's "kawaii" youth movement. It's a piece about Sebastian Masuda of 6% Dokidoki and whether this colorful fashion trend that brightens the streets of Tokyo can morph into a social movement akin to the punk and hippie movements of yore. I take some flack for even raising the issue -- some people say the "kawaii" subculture is about cutesy stuff and nothing more. But the question is serious. I'd be interested in hearing what you think about the Planet of Kawaii, as Masuda calls it.

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