The Love We Share Without Knowing by Christopher Barzak

Whoops. You caught me keeping Viable Paradise hours. I'm on the downhill swing of the cold, and a hot drink is helping me decroupify.

I'm only three stories in, but I can unstintingly recommend Christopher Barzak's The Love We Share Without Knowing.

Barzak's gentle story cycle will be of particular interest to those of you familiar with the culture of Japan. Not the shiny, glossy anime Japan, but rather the soft, multi-layered, nuanced Japan that anyone who has visited the country for a length of time will recognize. Barzak's particular strength is the taffy-like interpersonal relationships he describes among Japan and those misfits from soto or out groups. In Barzak's case, the outsiders are not all gaijin or foreigners.

Effective on many levels, subtle but not obscure, the book is a chance to get a glimpse into a culture that sometimes seems like a secret.

Catherine

Mirrored from Writer Tamago.

The VP Fighting XIII’ers

As I get permission from them, I'll be grouping other fighting 13'ers' and instructors' responses to VP XIII here, just to show you all why you should drink the kool-aid as well.

photo courtesy of Matt Hughes

Viable Paradise
Viable Paradise Index
Official Viable Paradise Site
Student Sales Page

Bo Balder:
VP XIII
Viable Paradise, the aftermath

Brent Bowen
So What's Your Story? #vpiii

Steve Buchheit
Long awaited VP Posts: emotional side up
Long Awaited VP Posts: What I learned on my Fall Vacation

Christopher Cornell
Viable Paradise XIII, Part 1: The Unnecessary Prologue
Viable Paradise XIII, Part 2: Setting
Viable Paradise XIII, Part 3: Characters
Viable Paradise XIII, Part 4: The Plot Thickens
Viable Paradise XIII, Part 5: Random Wisdom

Sean Craven
Return from Paradise
Chili-Dog Casserole, as served at Viable Paradise XIII

Marion Engelke
Writing after Viable Paradise

Chia Evers
So, What Was It Like?

Matt Hughes
From the Little Island
,,,and Home Again
Viable Paradise--Sunday
Viable Paradise--Monday
Viable Paradise--Tuesday
Viable Paradise--Wednesday
Viable Paradise--Thursday
Viable Paradise--Friday
Viable Paradise--Saturday
Viable Paradise--Tips for Future Students

E.F. Kelley
Back from the Vineyard

Magistera
(occupationally discreet moniker)
On Viable Paradise

Darice Moore
from My Candle Burns at Both Ends

Cath Schaff-Stump
Rain, Travel, Books
Viable
Viable!
And You May Ask Yourself...
Viable Paradise: Reflections

MacAllister Stone
VP Veggie Curry, because I promised Darice

Brandie Tarvin
The Workshop Experience
How Viable Paradise Works

Mirrored from Writer Tamago.