Slam poetry is a rarity in Japan, but the scene is full of energy and potential that the poets have been bringing to the ...

UW-Madison professor Adam Kern at his home. Kern's interest in Japanese comic books as a teenager led him to study them as a ...

Starting off her list, Colleen named Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein as one of her all-time favourites. This book ...

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Lyrical language meets storytelling in ten novels that echo the depth of poetry without a single stanza. For lovers of rhythm ...

The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of ...

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Thirteen novels where prose becomes poetry. Each book in this list captivates with its lyrical language, painting vivid ...

I first read it as a part of my junior year English class in high school. After recently buying a personal copy, I have been re-reading with renewed vigor and murky memories of the ending. Stream of ...