{"id":21632,"date":"2011-10-05T03:02:40","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T07:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=21632"},"modified":"2011-10-05T07:56:28","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T11:56:28","slug":"jet-alum-author-beat-10-04-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/10\/05\/jet-alum-author-beat-10-04-11\/","title":{"rendered":"JET Alum Author Beat 10.05.11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>JET Alum Author Beat<\/strong> is a new feature by <strong>Ling Tran <\/strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asobo-saga.jp\/lang\/english\/\">Saga-ken<\/a>, 2009-11) intended to keep readers informed of what various JET alum authors are up to. \u00a0Contact Ling at <strong>jetwit [at] jetwit.com<\/strong> if you&#8217;d like to see something included in upcoming posts.\u00a0She is also interested in providing exposure for aspiring authors\/writers among alumni and current JETs &#8211; excerpts and updates are all welcome.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suzannekamata.com\/\">Suzanne Kamata<\/a> <\/strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.awanavi.jp\/english\/\">Tokushima-ken<\/a>, 1998-90), author of <em>Losing Kei <\/em>and fiction editor for <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.literarymama.com\/\">Literary Mama<\/a><\/em>, reflects on the recent loss of a dear friend through a post about her<a href=\"http:\/\/gaijinmama.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/27\/the-first-time-i-had-sushi\/\"> first sushi experience<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/gaijinmama.wordpress.com\/\">Gaijin Mama<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(a personal blog). Check it out and give some JET support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.snowsphere.com\/pf\/\"><strong>Sam Baldwin Ono<\/strong> <\/a>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fuku-e.com\/lang\/english\/\">Fukui-ken<\/a>, 2004-06) hails from the UK and made a life altering decision when he decided to move to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fuku-e.com\/lang\/english\/\">Fukui-ken<\/a> through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jetprogramme.org\/\">JET Program<\/a>. The quiet facade of <em>inaka<\/em> Japan gradually revealed its colorful nature, eventually leading Sam to share stories and insights in<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B005M9TF78\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=snowsphcom-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=B005M9TF78\"> For Fukui&#8217;s Sake: Two years in rural Japan<\/a><\/em>. Whether for reference (newbie JETs, holla!), nostaliga, or reflection &#8211; ESID aside &#8211; this book is available electronically. If you want to be notified of its hard copy release, click <a href=\"http:\/\/ymlp.com\/xguwmeyugmge\">here<\/a>. Visit the website\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/forfukuissake.com\/\">For Fukui&#8217;s Sake\u00a0<\/a><\/em>\u00a0for details. (Fukui t-shirts are also available for purchase.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Author of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Order-Odd-Fish-James-Kennedy\/dp\/038573543X\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1217474145&amp;sr=8-1\">The Order of Odd-Fish<\/a><\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jameskennedy.com\/\">James Kennedy<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pref.nara.jp\/nara_e\/\">Nara-ken<\/a>, 2004-06) recently did a Q&amp;A with <a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/10\/03\/?s=JQ+magazine\"><em>JQ<\/em> magazine <\/a>as he will be curating the <a href=\"http:\/\/90secondnewbery.com\/\">90-Second Newbery Film Festival<\/a> (Nov. 5 @New York Public Library | Nov. 16 @Harold Washington Library, Chicago). Read <a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/10\/03\/jq-magazine-jqa-with-authorjet-alum-james-kennedy-on-the-90-second-newbery-film-festival\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/robertpaulweston.com\/category\/blog\/\">Robert Paul Weston&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pref.nara.jp\/nara_e\/\">Nara-ken<\/a>, 2002-04) <a href=\"http:\/\/robertpaulweston.com\/books\/zorgamazoo\/\"><em>Zorgamazoo<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>will be honored at the Author Banquet of the California Library Association Conference for a <a href=\"http:\/\/californiayoungreadermedal.org\/winners.htm\">California Young Reader Medal<\/a>\u00a0on Nov. 12. Details of the upcoming event are available on Weston&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/robertpaulweston.com\/category\/eventsnews\/\">blog<\/a>. Congratulations!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>What is <em><a href=\"http:\/\/japanamerica.blogspot.com\/\">Japanamerica<\/a> <\/em>blogger\u00a0<strong>Roland Kelts<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.osaka-info.jp\/en\/\">Osaka<\/a>-shi, 1998-99)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/japanamerica.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/1q84-by-haruki-murakami.html\">reading <\/a>these days?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cartoonist <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/larsmartinson.com\/\">Lars Martinson<\/a><\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnto.go.jp\/eng\/location\/regional\/fukuoka\/index.html\">Fukuoka-ken<\/a>, 2003-06)\u00a0has been busily settling into his new home and \u00a0schedule in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.city.kameoka.kyoto.jp\/english\/\">Kameoka<\/a>, Kyoto. He managed to fit in a brief post after a short hiatus. Eager followers can see how he is doing <a href=\"http:\/\/larsmartinson.com\/kameoka-in-brief\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; more substantial updates to come!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; JET Alum Author Beat is a new feature by Ling Tran (Saga-ken, 2009-11) intended to keep readers informed of what various JET alum authors are up to. \u00a0Contact Ling at jetwit [at] jetwit.com if you&#8217;d like to see something included in upcoming posts.\u00a0She is also interested in providing exposure for aspiring authors\/writers among alumni [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,40,12,408,291,304,6],"tags":[407,1380,1386,1392,1379],"class_list":["post-21632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articlejournalism","category-books","category-cartoonillustration","category-jet-alum-author-beat","category-jq-magazine","category-notable-jet-alums","category-writers","tag-authors","tag-blogs","tag-books","tag-notable-jet-alums","tag-writers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-5CU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21632"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21734,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21632\/revisions\/21734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}