{"id":7440,"date":"2009-07-17T07:33:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T11:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=7440"},"modified":"2009-07-17T07:33:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-17T11:33:00","slug":"suzanne-kamata-interview-in-the-telegraph-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/17\/suzanne-kamata-interview-in-the-telegraph-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Suzanne Kamata interview in The Telegraph (UK)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/biblio\/61-9781932279337-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7441\" title=\"callmeokaasan1\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/callmeokaasan1.jpg\" alt=\"callmeokaasan1\" width=\"146\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/callmeokaasan1.jpg 244w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/callmeokaasan1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a>Yesterday <em><strong>The Telegraph (UK)<\/strong><\/em> ran a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/expat\/5833776\/Raising-a-mixed-race-family-in-Japan-can-be-hard.html\" target=\"_blank\">nice interview<\/a> with <strong><a href=\"..\/2009\/04\/19\/jet-alum-author-suzanne-kamata\/\">Suzanne Kamata<\/a> (Tokushima-ken, 1988-90)<\/strong>, who lives in Japan and is the editor of <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/www.literarymama.com');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.literarymama.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>LiteraryMama<\/strong><\/a> as well as the author of books such as <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/www.powells.com');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/biblio\/62-9780972898492-0\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Losing Kei<\/strong><\/em><\/a> and <em><strong><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/www.powells.com');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/biblio\/61-9781932279337-2\" target=\"_blank\">Call Me Okaasan:\u00a0 Adventures in Multicultural Mothering<\/a> <\/strong><\/em>(which recently won several prizes in the <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/www.indiebookawards.com');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebookawards.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">2009 Indie Book Awards<\/a> including the Grand Prize for non-fiction overall).<\/p>\n<p>Read the interview here:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/expat\/5833776\/Raising-a-mixed-race-family-in-Japan-can-be-hard.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/expat\/5833776\/Raising-a-mixed-race-family-in-Japan-can-be-hard.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For additional interviews and information about Suzanne:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Interview with Suzanne by fellow JET alum <strong><a href=\"..\/2009\/05\/06\/jet-alum-cristy-burne-wins-award-for-childrens-literature\/\">Cristy Burne<\/a> (Hyogo-ken, Kawanishi-shi, 1998-2000)<\/strong>, author of the soon-to-be-released children\u2019s book <em><strong>Takeshita Demons.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Also, another JET alum writer, <strong><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/motherlogue.wordpress.com');\" href=\"http:\/\/motherlogue.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Liz Sheffield<\/a> (Hokkaio-ken, Sapporo-shi, 1993-95), <\/strong>has an <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/motherlogue.wordpress.com');\" href=\"http:\/\/motherlogue.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/05\/interview-with-suzanne-kamata\/\" target=\"_blank\">interview with Suzanne<\/a> about the book on her blog <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/motherlogue.wordpress.com');\" href=\"http:\/\/motherlogue.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">motherlogue.wordpress.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>To learn more about Suzanne you can visit her website at <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/www.suzannekamata.com');\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.suzannekamata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.suzannekamata.com<\/a> or her blog at <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/gaijinmama.wordpress.com');\" href=\"http:\/\/gaijinmama.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/gaijinmama.wordpress.com<\/a> (<a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/gaijinmama.wordpress.com');\" href=\"http:\/\/gaijinmama.wordpress.com\/feed\" target=\"_blank\">RSS feed here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/kabiliana.blogspot.com');\" href=\"http:\/\/kabiliana.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/diversity-makes-us-more-curious.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read an interview with Suzanne Kamata<\/a> on children\u2019s books and diversity by the blog <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/www.kabiliana.blogspot.com');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kabiliana.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kabiliana<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to the <a href=\"..\/2009\/05\/21\/library\/authorsbooks\/\">Authors\/Books section<\/a> of the <a href=\"..\/2009\/05\/21\/library\/\">JetWit Library<\/a> to see a complete list of JET alum authors (at least to JetWit\u2019s knowledge).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday The Telegraph (UK) ran a nice interview with Suzanne Kamata (Tokushima-ken, 1988-90), who lives in Japan and is the editor of LiteraryMama as well as the author of books such as Losing Kei and Call Me Okaasan:\u00a0 Adventures in Multicultural Mothering (which recently won several prizes in the 2009 Indie Book Awards including the 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