{"product_id":"turning-japanese-expanded-edition-hardcover","title":"Turning Japanese: Expanded Edition - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarinaomi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A vulnerable, searching, raw record.\" -- \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian Asian Pacific American Center\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe year is 1995. Fresh out of a long-term relationship, twenty-two-year old MariNaomi finds herself in San Jose, California. Mari, a mixed-race Japanese American, has for many years felt disconnected from the culture of her mother. Immersed in the pan-asian diaspora of San Jose, Mari searches for cultural and romantic connections. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It doesn't take long for Mari to find new loves, and a new job--at a hostess bar for Japanese expats--in a bid to learn the Japanese language and culture. \u003ci\u003eTurning Japanese\u003c\/i\u003e moves as Mari does, from San Jose to Tokyo, as she tries to get by in an unfamiliar city with rudimentary language skills--all in the hopes of finally connecting with her Japanese relatives without the use of her mother as a translator. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eTurning Japanese: Expanded Edition\u003c\/i\u003e includes new story pages that bring fresh insight and a new resolution to this classic comics memoir of our times.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMariNaomi (she\/they) is the award-winning author and illustrator of Kiss \u0026amp; Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22 (Harper Perennial, 2011), Dragon's Breath and Other True Stories (2dcloud\/Uncivilized Books, 2014), Turning Japanese (2dcloud, 2016), I Thought YOU Hated ME (Retrofit Comics, 2016), the Life on Earth trilogy (Graphic Universe, 2018-2020), and Dirty Produce (Workman Publishing, Nov. 2021). Their work has appeared in over eighty print publications and has been featured on websites such as The New Yorker's Daily Shouts, The Rumpus, LA Review of Books, Midnight Breakfast and BuzzFeed, and has been translated into French (Devenir Japonaise, Editions IMHO, Feb. 2021) and Russian. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMariNaomi's comics and paintings have been featured in the Smithsonian, the de Young Museum, the Cartoon Art Museum, the Asian Art Museum, and the Japanese American Museum. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2011 and 2018, Mari toured with the literary roadshow Sister Spit. They are the founder and administrator of the Cartoonists of Color Database, the Queer Cartoonists Database, and the Disabled Cartoonists Database. They have taught classes for the California College of the Arts Comics MFA program, and was a guest editor for PEN Illustrated. They were cohost of the Ask Bi Grlz podcast with author Myriam Gurba. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMariNaomi lives in Southern California with their spouse and a menagerie of rescue cats, dogs, and butterfly babies.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 236\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.2 x 7.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766133555488,"sku":"9781637150948","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d941635447bf3e284d86b6e27309d8bb.webp?v=1780286327","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/turning-japanese-expanded-edition-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}