If you can't make it to one of Roland Kelts' two Pacific Northwest events this week, tune in to KUOW's The Beat on Thursday. It looks like there will be a segment with Roland talking about the Japanese community in Seattle, Sakura Con and the anime and manga boom.

Also, one reader of our blog already contacted me about getting an autographed copy of Japanamerica. Since Chin Music Press is selling the books at Roland's Japan America Society event on March 29, I'd be glad to set aside copies for those of you who contact me. In fact, if anyone would like a signed copy of Kuhaku (Roland's entry is the eloquent and disturbing "Father Hunters"), I imagine we could get Roland to sign a few of those too. if you're interested in either of these offers, send me a mail at bruce-at-mark-chinmusicpress-dot-com. This deal won't be in the CMP store, so I'll walk you through the ordering process.