In the spring of 2021 I set myself a goal to pitch more publications and get more of my writing out there. Things got in the way, and well, since the summer I have not been doing as much writing as I wanted. Below is a roundup of everything I did submit this year, which is certainly more than 2020. So even though things were cut short, there has been progress.

• Writers in Kyoto:
  • Inaka reflections (May) Also see my review of the review
• Unseen Japan:
  • How Schools on Remote Japanese Islands are Fighting Depopulation (September) based on my interview with Iki school superintendent Kubota
• Literary Review of Canada:
  • Decidedly Disconnected (April)
  • From Far Away (December)
• Books on Asia:
  • Japan’s Quest for Stability in Southeast Asia: Navigating the Turning Points in Postwar Asia (January)
  • Providence Was With Us: How a Japanese Doctor Turned the Afghan Desert Green (March) Also see my visit to his memorial south of Fukuoka.
  • The Art of Emptiness (September) A bit of a travel report to accompany the book review.
  • Buddhism and Modernity: Sources from Nineteenth-Century Japan (November)
  • Places (December)