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