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.
Archive for December, 2007
Farewell, Book World
Posted in Articles, tagged Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Book World, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Frances Scott Fitzgerald, Great Gatsby, The Washington Post, Zelda on December 29, 2007| 3 Comments »
Washington Post Book Club: Marjorie Morningstar
Posted in Book Club Transcript, tagged Gene Kelly, Herman Wouk, Marjorie Morningstar, Natalie Wood, Washington Post Book Club on December 29, 2007| Leave a Comment »
A discussion of Herman Wouk’s popular novel, “Marjorie Morningstar.”
Growing Up International
Posted in Articles, tagged Bluff, Catholic school, Foreign Cemetery, international school, Japan, Marianists, missionaries, St. Joseph College, Yamate, Yokohama on December 29, 2007| 1 Comment »
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.
Beauty and the Beasts
Posted in Book Review, tagged Auntie Mame, Conde Nast, Lee Miller, Man Ray, Vogue on December 28, 2007| Leave a Comment »
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.
Memories of old Honmoku: An expatriate revisits his Yokohama childhood haunts
Posted in Articles, tagged childhood, Honmoku, Japan, memoir, Sankeien, The Japan Times, tidal flat, Yokohama on December 27, 2007| 45 Comments »
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.
Book World 25th Anniversary
Posted in Articles, tagged Book World, Washington Post, Wizard of Oz on December 27, 2007| Leave a Comment »
During my journalism career at The Washington Post, I wrote a commemorative piece reflecting on my years at Book World.
Read this article…
Welcome to my new blog!
Posted in Uncategorized on December 27, 2007| 8 Comments »
This is my new blog in progress.
Kunio Francis Tanabe 