March 30, 2013 by francistanabe
If you are male and your name is Francis, and you live in the United States, you have some hurdles to clear. Why? Because there are a lot more Frances and not enough Francis. The female version dominates. That’s why your gender is too often mistaken. Spell my name like the king of France, like the Talking Mule (TV program from the ’50s), the protagonist of the series “House of Cards,” and, (raising my voice gleefully), the Pope: Pope Francis I.
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Read this link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2013/03/14/hail-to-the-new-pope-francis/?wp_login_redirect=0
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged F. Scott Fitzgerald, Frances, Francis, Francis Scott Key, hail-to-the-new-pope-francis, Pope Francis, Talking Mule named Francis, Washington Post blog | 1 Comment »
January 8, 2012 by francistanabe
Book review of Katherine Govier’s novel, “The Printmaker’s Daughter,” (published in Canada as “The Ghost Brush”), about the life of Hokusai’s daughter Katsushika Oei (also known as Oi), whose paintings and woodblock prints were mostly lost except for about 10. Kunio Francis Tanabe’s book review was printed in The Washington Post (Style section, page 2) on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011.
Read this review:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-world-art-and-artifice-in-katherine-goviers-printmakers-daughter/2011/12/01/gIQAzOqGJP_story.html
Posted in Book Review | 1 Comment »
October 1, 2008 by francistanabe
Couple Startled by Noises in the Night Find Animals Can Be a Real Scream.
By Kunio Francis Tanabe
Read this article (appeared in the Metro Section of The Washington Post, Sept. 5, 2008) . . .
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/04/AR2008090403621.html
Posted in Articles | Tagged animal cries, animal scream, animal sounds, fox, sounds like someone getting murdered | 2 Comments »
February 10, 2008 by francistanabe
John Burnham Schwartz’s latest novel, “The Commoner,” is based on the life of Michiko Shoda, who married Crown Prince Akihito and later became the empress of Japan.
Read this review. . . .
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/07/AR2008020703236.html
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ben Hills, Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, Grand Chamberlain, John Burnham Schwartz, Princess Masako | Leave a Comment »
December 29, 2007 by francistanabe
Kunio Francis Tanabe, senior editor and art director of Book World, the Sunday book review section of The Washington Post, bids farewell after a long, eventful career.
Read this article. . .
Posted in Articles | Tagged Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Book World, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Frances Scott Fitzgerald, Great Gatsby, The Washington Post, Zelda | 3 Comments »
December 29, 2007 by francistanabe
St. Joseph College (later St. Joseph International School), a small Catholic school located in the port city of Yokohama, Japan, ceased to exist in the year 2000. This is a brief memoir of my years at the school.
Read this article. . .
Posted in Articles | Tagged Bluff, Catholic school, Foreign Cemetery, international school, Japan, Marianists, missionaries, St. Joseph College, Yamate, Yokohama | 1 Comment »
December 28, 2007 by francistanabe
Book Review of “Lee Miller: A Life,” by Carolyn Burke: The Poughkeepsie girl who became a model, a muse and a photographer in her own right.
Read this review. . .
Posted in Book Review | Tagged Auntie Mame, Conde Nast, Lee Miller, Man Ray, Vogue | Leave a Comment »
December 27, 2007 by francistanabe
This is an article I wrote for The Japan Times. In May, 1999, I revisited my childhood home in Yokohama. Many things have changed since I left in 1961.
Posted in Articles | Tagged childhood, Honmoku, Japan, memoir, Sankeien, The Japan Times, tidal flat, Yokohama | 45 Comments »
December 27, 2007 by francistanabe
During my journalism career at The Washington Post, I wrote a commemorative piece reflecting on my years at Book World.
Read this article…
Posted in Articles | Tagged Book World, Washington Post, Wizard of Oz | Leave a Comment »
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