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
Kunio Francis Tanabe 
Hi there, Francis, Many moons ago I worked as a copy aide at the Post and used to hang around the book review, talking to you and Mike Dirda. Then I went abroad to report the news. I just published THE ENTIRE EARTH AND SKY: Views on Antarctica, (Nebraska) — let me know where I can ship you a copy! Best, Leslie Roberts
You must be the gorgeous one who took off to Thailand with your boyfriend eons ago? Did you stay with Bob Halliday there? Did we have drinks with Keith Richburg? About Book World: both Michael Dirda and I took the generous buyout. Michael still writes weekly (every Sunday) in Book World but doesn’t go to the office all that often. The current book editor is Marie Arana. She book the buyout and will leave at the end of the year. Probably the best person to get in touch with would be Rachel Shea, the deputy book editor. You should send your book to her attention. The book sounds fascinating. I’ll look for it at the bookstore or when I visit Book World sometime soon.
Cheers, Francis