{"id":46828,"date":"2021-03-12T23:38:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T03:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=46828"},"modified":"2021-03-12T23:38:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T03:38:26","slug":"author-series-reading-and-qa-with-karen-hill-anton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2021\/03\/12\/author-series-reading-and-qa-with-karen-hill-anton\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Series: Reading and Q&A with Karen Hill Anton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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March 31, 2021 at 8 PM EDT \/ Japan Time: April 1, 2021 at 9 AM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Register:\u00a0https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/1816153914492\/WN_s3uAB54vTaykEOnmbToJhg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Join USJETAA<\/a>, U.S. JET Alumni Association, and NABEA<\/a>, National Association for Black Engagement with Asia, for a conversation with author Karen Hill Anton. This event celebrates the publication of Karen’s latest book, The View from Breast Pocket Mountain.<\/em> It will feature an introduction to the book, Karen reading a book excerpt and a Q&A session. We encourage anyone who is interested in learning more about her experiences and the book to attend. The View From Breast Pocket Mountain<\/em> just won its first award from the Book Readers Appreciation Group (B.R.A.G.) Medallion<\/strong>. This competitive award for independent authors rated the memoir \u201cExcellent\u201d in all categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The View From Breast Pocket Mountain<\/em>\u00a0is a unique and previously untold story, a treasure trove of experiences crossing borders and cultures, creating a life, and finding contentment in a far-off country. To those who’ve ever wondered what their lives would be if they’d taken that road without a map, this is the book you need to read. The book gives us a glimpse of a life not designed or even imagined. To find out more visit:\u00a0https:\/\/www.karenhillanton.com\/book<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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Karen Hill Anton wrote the popular columns \u201cCrossing Cultures\u201d for The Japan Times and \u201cAnother Look\u201d for Chunichi Shimbun. As a consultant and coach, she works in the area of cross-cultural competence. She served on the Internationalization and Society Advisory Council of Prime Ministers Keiz\u014d Obuchi and Ryutaro Hashimoto. She is Emerita: Board of Governors, Temple University Japan, Shizuoka Human Rights Association, and the Jun Ashida Educational Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karen has been an enthusiastic supporter of the JET Programme since its inception, and spoken to JETs on numerous occasions. Her daughter Mie was a CIR in Mie prefecture (smile), and her son Mario was assigned to Oita prefecture, where he now makes his home. Karen studied Japanese calligraphy for 25 years and attained second-degree mastery. She has taught modern dance and is now a devoted student of Hula. Originally from New York City, she has lived with her husband William Anton in rural Tenryu, Shizuoka prefecture since 1975.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March 31, 2021 at 8 PM EDT \/ Japan Time: April 1, 2021 at 9 AM Register:\u00a0https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/1816153914492\/WN_s3uAB54vTaykEOnmbToJhg Facebook:\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/3803751933045660 Join USJETAA, U.S. JET Alumni Association, and NABEA, National Association for Black Engagement with Asia, for a conversation with author Karen Hill Anton. This event celebrates the publication of Karen’s latest book, The View from Breast Pocket Mountain. It will feature an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-cbi","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46828","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\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46828"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46858,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46828\/revisions\/46858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}