Is there is a relation between our quest for enlightenment and our search for swells? Here are a few ways in which surfing and spirituality ride together.
There are so many perils awaiting sex in serious fiction these days that you could almost forgive a writer for playing it safe and sticking to the merely suggestive until you remember that prudence is the enemy of art.
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We’ve already established that there’s a fantastic canon of Japanese cookbooks out there when you’re craving a washoku meal or hearty bowl of noodles. But you can’t exactly curl up and read them cover to cover. Fortunately, many authors writing about Japan use the country’s cuisine as a central plot point. Here are five food-centric books perfect for a lazy afternoon:
Fiction, Ellis Avery, Riverhead Books, 480 pages
Winner of the annual Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction, which recognizes the best LGBTQ novels, “The Teahouse Fire” is set during the tumultuous Meiji Era (1868-1912), as Japan wrestles with tradition and Westernization. Aurelia, newly orphaned in Kyoto, is adopted by the prestigious Shin family as an attendant for their daughter, Yukako. As the title would suggest, much of the story centers around