{"id":8518,"date":"2009-09-16T07:51:09","date_gmt":"2009-09-16T11:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=8518"},"modified":"2009-09-16T07:52:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-16T11:52:00","slug":"chin-music-press-book-reading-at-asian-american-writers-workshop-oct-1-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/09\/16\/chin-music-press-book-reading-at-asian-american-writers-workshop-oct-1-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"Chin Music Press book reading at Asian American Writers’ Workshop – Oct 1 (NYC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chin Music Press<\/strong><\/a>, the Seattle-based publisher owned and run by Bruce Rutledge<\/a> (MEF Program Chiba-ken, 1985-87)<\/strong> will be well represented at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop<\/strong> <\/span>(16 West 32nd Street, 10th Floor btwn Broadway & 5th Avenue<\/span>) on Thursday, Oct. 1 from 7-9pm<\/strong><\/span> when author Todd Shimoda<\/strong> will be read from his latest illustrated novel, Oh! A mystery of mono no aware<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 He will be joined by poet Hoa Nguyen<\/span><\/strong>, author of Hecate Lochia<\/em><\/strong>, and Paulo Javier<\/strong>, author of 60lvboembs<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The event is open to the public and a $5 donation is suggested.<\/p>\n

Here’s the book blurb:<\/p>\n

Shimoda’s Oh! is a fast-paced story about a young Japanese American whose quest for a richer emotional life sets him on a journey to discover the essence of the Japanese appreciation of beauty (‘mono no aware’), the dark past haunting his psychologist-and-poet mentor, and ultimately involves him in the tragic phenomenon of Japan’s suicide clubs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Also, in June, <\/span><\/em>Oh!<\/span><\/em> <\/span><\/em>was chosen as one of <\/span>NPR\u2019s Summer Reading Picks<\/span><\/a><\/strong>:<\/em><\/span><\/em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe book itself is a fine work of art, with a gorgeous, embossed cover, rice paper-thin pages, and textured paper inserts<\/span> with illustrations that offer clues to Zack\u2019s fate \u2014 a triumphant kick in the pants for anyone who doubts the future of paper-and-ink books.\u201d \u2014 NPR<\/span> <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/em><\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See previous JetWit posts about Bruce Rutledge here<\/a> and a Japan Times<\/em> review of Oh!<\/em> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Interesting side note:<\/em><\/span> One other Chin Music Press employee, designer Joshua Powell (Saitama-ken<\/span>, 2005-07)<\/strong>, is also a JET alum. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chin Music Press, the Seattle-based publisher owned and run by Bruce Rutledge (MEF Program Chiba-ken, 1985-87) will be well represented at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop (16 West 32nd Street, 10th Floor btwn Broadway & 5th Avenue) on Thursday, Oct. 1 from 7-9pm when author Todd Shimoda will be read from his latest illustrated novel, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40,53,30,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-events","category-japan-trends","category-writers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t