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The Student News Site of The American School in Japan

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The Student News Site of The American School in Japan

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Why Novelist Taylor Jenkins Reid is Special

Why Novelist Taylor Jenkins Reid is Special

Article by Stella Bleiweis, Writer March 6, 2023

On March 3rd, the Prime Video TV series Daisy Jones and the Six will come out, starring Riley Keough, Sam Claflin (Hunger Games), and Camila Morrone. This TV series has garnered much attention and was...

An Inspirational Blue Giant

An Inspirational Blue Giant

Article by Sam Barbir, Writer February 28, 2023

A high school student who can’t read music, yet truly believes he will become the best jazz musician in the world? It sounds delusional and foolish. But the student’s journey—one in which he maintains...

Why Machiavelli Matters

Why Machiavelli Matters

Article by Sena Chang, Editor November 1, 2021

From Plato’s doctrine of the soul to Marx’s line of economic thought, the history of political philosophy is saturated with theories and manifestos that have shaped the political sphere as we know...

Astronaut’s Delight: A Review of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Astronaut’s Delight: A Review of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Article by Ren Topping, Editor-in-chief October 3, 2021

In his third novel, Andy Weir tackles deep space. Project Hail Mary, published in May of this year, follows Ryland Grace, a molecular biologist turned middle school teacher who is sent on a suicide mission...

Fran Lebowitz: Living with Pessimism

Fran Lebowitz: Living with Pessimism

Article by Momo Horii, Writer March 2, 2021

Cigarette in hand, buttoned-up navy blazer, teashades pushed way up on the bridge of her nose, with no phone at her side, Fran Lebowitz is a picture of New York literati. To describe Lebowitz is to pinpoint...

Louise Glück and The Nobel Prize

Louise Glück and The Nobel Prize

Article by Momo Horii, Writer January 22, 2021

There are those few people in this world who can articulate emotions and a situation so well it’s frightening. Louise Glück—whose name rhymes with “click” and not “cluck”—is one of those...

A Tokyo Bathed in Two Moons and Other Strange Sights: Murakami’s 1Q84

A Tokyo Bathed in Two Moons and Other Strange Sights: Murakami’s 1Q84

Article by Sena Chang, Editor December 1, 2020

1Q84, author Haruki Murakami’s hefty dystopian novel, has gained international prominence since its publication in 2009. The novel sold thousands of copies during its first week and was voted the best-published...

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