Marie Mutsuki Mockett is the author of two novels, The Tree Doctor and Picking Bones from Ash, and two books of nonfiction, American Harvest and Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye.
Marie Mutsuki Mockett
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Ill at the Plague Festival
THE FIRST TIME I WENT to the Kyoto Gion Festival, my friend Isao insisted I wear a kimono. He had found one for me to borrow, and a friend to dress me. Continue reading