I’m always intrigued by those films that are “inspired by” or “based on” true events. As a writer who likes to use my own life as a...

Writing is all about revision, and Gina in the Floating World is no exception. I have shredded and re-crafted it numerous times. Although...

As I prepared for my interview with Mr. K, the club owner, I worried about my lack of glamour. I had all the wrong clothes and the wrong...

The rain poured down in opaque sheets outside the American Express office in Tokyo, where I collected my mail, and considered my...