The citizens of Japan are dealing with a tragic chain of events.  Please consider making a donation at RedCross.org.  Or, you can text REDCROSS to 90999 and automatically donate $10. I first encountered Japanese woodblock prints – specifically those done in the traditional Ukiyo-e method – on a visit to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.  Katsushika Hokusai’s (1760-1849) print The Great Wave Off … Continue reading Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami (translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel)