>> 2005.12.06 [ Mailing List ]
Dear Everyone,
In New York, we have snow! It is not much, but enough to cover the ground. We bought a Xmas tree on snowy Sunday and Kyle was in charge of decoration without being asked. He kept moving things around and Nicole was stunned to see the big tree in the living room, and after her nap, the tree was all decorated, so she was speechless.
I have a few updates on the website and a few news for you.
* On November 5th, UNSW International House had the second award ceremony for Minoru Hokari Memorial Scholarship. As soon as I received more details from them, I will upload the photos and profiles for the winners last year and this year.
* For ANU, I was told that the scholarship fund is doing well (Thanks to all of you!) and they expects to have the inaugural award next year. As soon as I get more details for the ceremony, I will let you know.
* I added two Mino's photos in the index page of the website (http://www.hokariminoru.org) . If you kindly link from your website or etc, please link to the very first bilingual index page. I keep adding the latest news about him and his work on that page.
* Peter Read kindly sent me an audio tape that recorded his interview with Mino in December 2002. The part of the interview is on his book, "Haunted Earth"and Mino personally translated that chapter in Japanese and made it one chapter of his book "Radical Oral History." It was amazing to listen to his voice and talk. I am now at the final editing process with the help from Peter Read, Darrell Lewis and Deborah Rose. Once it is finished, I will add this on the website because "the more people who can listen to it, and get to understand Mino's wisdom, the better." quoted by Peter Read.
* The next issue (Vol. 6 No.2 Summer 2006, the release will be in January 2006) of "Conversations" will contain a series of Mino's essay, first published in our hometown local newspaper when he found out that he got cancer. My bilingual friend, Kyoko Uchida, beautifully translated in English and all the English readers can enjoy his writings very soon. I deeply appreciated that Tessa Morris-Suzuki made all the arrangements with the "Conversations"and made this possible.
* Mino translated two books in Japanese, "Nourishing Terrains" by Deborah Rose and "White Nation" by Gassan Hage. The publisher recently contacted me that they would have to discard some portion of the outstanding copies of those two books. My parents and I decided to purchase all the 86 copies of "Nourishing Terrains". However, there are too many copies for "White Nation", so I am taking orders from anyone until the end of this year. I can sell you both books at the discounted price (20% off from the retail price) and we will donate to the ANU Minoru Hokari Memorial Scholarship Fund from the sale.
If you know anyone who can read Japanese and is interested, please have them contact me (info@hokariminoru.org). Also, if you know any library (public or college) who has Japanese books, please inquire if they can buy from me at the discounted price. The most important thing for me in this situation is to let more people know about my brother's work. I am aware that the "discarding copies" is not unusual matter in academic publishing, but I really don't want to waste his very limited work. Again, I can sell you "Nourishing Terrains" at any time, but for "White Nation", please contact me by the end of this year. I really appreciate your help.
Best regards,
Yuki
P.S. It has been more than 1 1/2 years since Mino's passing. Whatever the reason is, if you wish to leave this mailing list, please go ahead to do so by visiting http://www.hokariminoru.org/e/index-e.html and click the link at
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