Gaijin is the word in Japan for foreigner. If you're not Japanese, this is what you are. The nail that sticks up in Japan is hammered down. The gaijin can't be ...
A student of mine died this year and then I traveled to this place called Tana Toraja to see a pig get set on fire and after that I got a voicemail from my moth...
When not traveling to funerals in far away places, Maeve Stephenson can be found writing longhand with her morning coffee or solo backpacking in the Pacific Northwest Wilderness. She lives, writes and teaches in Seattle, WA.
