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Category: Book Review
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How to Walk With Your Yokai: A Review of Jami Nakamura Lin’s The Night Parade
By Ryan Yamauchi The Hyakki Yagyō, Japan’s fabled march of one hundred demons, has long been a subject of interest to scholars and everyday people alike. The march is a special moment in which those mystic beings that exist along the boundaries of human understanding are free to roam the earth. In The Night Parade:…
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Lighting a Candle: A Review of Rajiv Mohabir’s Whale Aria
Book Review by Alia Jeraj In 1970 biologist Robert Payne released an album, “Songs of the Humpback Whale,” recorded underwater. The album, featuring vocalizations of humpback whales, quickly went platinum as the sounds, perceived as songs, captured people’s hearts and imaginations around the world, kickstarting a global movement to “Save the Whales. Rajiv Mohabir takes…
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