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Karen Hill Anton: Author, The View from Breast Pocket Mountain
Now and Zen Japan
English - November 23, 2021 22:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBManagement Business Society & Culture Personal Journals japan japanese business hospitality japan stories japan business japan podcast japanese culture working in japan life in japan living in japan Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This episode we are treated to a wonderful conversation with an amazing woman who continues to have a fascinating life. Karen Hill Anton discusses her memoir "The View from Breast Pocket Mountain". Published in late 2020 the book has received numerous literary awards and has a 5 start rating from Amazon. We talk about her motivation behind writing her 1st book, she offers solid advise for anyone contemplating a memoir, dive into some of the back stories and highlights from her book, and the challenges not only she had to deal with but what every writer of a memoir faces. The View from Breast Pocket Mountain is a unique and untold story and a treasure trove of experiences crossing boarders and cultures. If you ever wondered what your life would be like taking that road without a map, this is the book and the episode for you. Other topics we discuss:
Why everyone should write a memoirWhat contributed to the books success, accolades, and awards The conundrum of "looking inwards" vs. writing for a broad audienceHow the narrative of the memoir is split into worldwide adventures & rural life in JapanThe ironic Japanese meaning of "Breast Pocket" and Karen's actual lifeThe sense of community became a key learning from the 1 year dojyo experienceWhy she quite writing her newspaper columns after 15 yearsThe ability to recall so many details of her early adventures and why this is so important for a memoirKaren's favorite untranslatable Japanese wordWhy the business / corporate experience side of her life was not included in the bookKaren Hill Anton: http://karenhillanton.com
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