Karen Tei Yamashita/I Hotel on April 10, 2011 @ Gardena Japanese Cultural Institute

Karen Tei Yamashita, in the pages of Amerasia

Last week, we marked the welcome news that Karen Tei Yamashita’s I Hotel was named as one of the five finalists for the National Book Award for Fiction.  As we mentioned, Amerasia has had a long-running relationship with Yamashita, going as far back as 1976, when we published her short story “The Bath.”  Below, we are . . . → Read More: Karen Tei Yamashita, in the pages of Amerasia

Karen Tei Yamashita on I Hotel, from the pages of Amerasia

Karen Tei Yamashita standing atop the new International Hotel on the 30th anniversary of the eviction of the former International Hotel's tenants.

We were greeted by the happy news last week that Karen Tei Yamashita’s latest novel I Hotel was named as one of the five finalists for the National Book Award in fiction.  It’s definitely a worthy nomination for Yamashita, an innovative writer whose work is always engaging and intellectually challenging.  Amerasia has had a wonderful, long-running . . . → Read More: Karen Tei Yamashita on I Hotel, from the pages of Amerasia