{"id":4404,"date":"2009-03-24T14:51:07","date_gmt":"2009-03-24T14:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=4404"},"modified":"2009-03-25T01:11:08","modified_gmt":"2009-03-25T01:11:08","slug":"another-jet-alum-author-karl-greenfeld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/24\/another-jet-alum-author-karl-greenfeld\/","title":{"rendered":"Another JET alum author &#8211; Karl Taro Greenfeld"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Speed-Tribes-Nights-Japans-Generation\/dp\/B000WMR0B8\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1237768794&amp;sr=1-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ldqXNOLd3Q4\/SUj2AbW1FKI\/AAAAAAAADis\/7HPhN_hmReQ\/s400\/9780060926656.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"258\" \/><\/a>Just after the <a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/23\/jet-alumni-author-showcase-yatta\/\"><strong>JET Alumni Author Showcase<\/strong><\/a>, I was fortunate to be contacted by another JET alum author&#8211;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karl_Taro_Greenfeld\" target=\"_blank\">Karl Taro Greenfeld<\/a> (Kanagawa-ken, 1988-89)<\/strong>&#8211;of whom I was previously unaware.\u00a0 It turns out that in addition to writing a number of books, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Speed-Tribes-Nights-Japans-Generation\/dp\/B000WMR0B8\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1237768794&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Speed Tribes:\u00a0 Days and Nights With Japan&#8217;s Next Generation<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, Karl previously served as the editor for <em>Tokyo Journal<\/em> and <em>TIME Asia<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>On one hand I was regretful and a bit embarrassed that I somehow missed Karl in compiling the <a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/library\/authorsbooks\/\">list of all JET Alum Authors posted on JetWit<\/a> that served as the basis for organizing the JET Alumni Author Showcase.\u00a0 But on the other hand, I recognized that JetWit and the JET alum community is a work in progress, and I&#8217;m very happy to now know about yet another established author out there in the JETAA-sphere and be able to let the rest of the JET alum community know about him as well.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a more complete listing of Karl&#8217;s work:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karl_Taro_Greenfeld\" target=\"_blank\">Greenfeld, Karl Taro<\/a> (Kanagawa-ken, 1988-89)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Speed-Tribes-Nights-Japans-Generation\/dp\/B000WMR0B8\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1237768794&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">Speed Tribes:\u00a0 Days and Nights With Japan\u2019s Next Generation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/China-Syndrome-Story-Centurys-Epidemic\/dp\/0060587237\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1237904580&amp;sr=1-2\">China Syndrome: The True Story of the 21st Century\u2019s First Great Epidemic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Boy-Alone-Karl-Taro-Greenfeld\/dp\/0061136662\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1237904580&amp;sr=1-3\">Boy Alone: A Brother\u2019s Memoir<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Standard-Deviations-Growing-Coming-Down\/dp\/0812992695\/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1237904580&amp;sr=1-4\">Standard Deviations: Growing Up and Coming Down in the New Asia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Blind-Failure-Magazine-Cover-Story\/dp\/B00006FCTJ\/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1237904580&amp;sr=1-5\"> <\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Blind-Failure-Magazine-Cover-Story\/dp\/B00006FCTJ\/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1237904580&amp;sr=1-5\"> Blind To Failure : TIME Magazine Cover Story<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Life-Edge-Magazine-Cover-Story\/dp\/B00006FCRB\/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1237904580&amp;sr=1-7\">Life On The Edge : TIME Magazine Cover Story<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Meet-Napster-Magazine-Cover-Story\/dp\/B00006FCSL\/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1237904580&amp;sr=1-8\"> <\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Meet-Napster-Magazine-Cover-Story\/dp\/B00006FCSL\/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1237904580&amp;sr=1-8\"> Meet the Napster : TIME Magazine Cover Story<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/New-Way-Giving-Magazine-Cover\/dp\/B00006FCSC\/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1237904580&amp;sr=1-9\">A New Way Of Giving : TIME Magazine Cover Story<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/New-York-Tyrant-Vol-No\/dp\/B001ZR58V8\/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1237904580&amp;sr=1-10\">New York Tyrant, Vol. 2, No. 3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/library\/authorsbooks\/\">Click here<\/a> for a list of all of the JET alum authors of which JetWit is aware.\u00a0 (Feel free to <a href=\"mailto:jetwit@jetwit.com\">get in touch<\/a> if there are any others that are not listed.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just after the JET Alumni Author Showcase, I was fortunate to be contacted by another JET alum author&#8211;Karl Taro Greenfeld (Kanagawa-ken, 1988-89)&#8211;of whom I was previously unaware.\u00a0 It turns out that in addition to writing a number of books, including Speed Tribes:\u00a0 Days and Nights With Japan&#8217;s Next Generation, Karl previously served as the editor 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