Japanamerica: Manga Drives Manhattan’s Kinokuniya
In the 80s, Kinokuniya’s American customers were motivated by an interest in business and money. In the 90s, it was English teaching. Today, it’s pop culture. Rows of manga dominate the top floor, which also includes a Japanese-style caf é and pastry shop and books on art and photography. Fuller estimates that the manga and anime DVD sections have also grown one and a half times, occupying approximately 6,000 square feet of floor space. Broad windows offer floor-to-ceiling views of the park below and the massive stone elegance of the New York Public Library.
Roland Kelts’ latest column for 3:AM.
Slow Politics: An Interview With Dan Kieran
One of the issues raised by Kieran in the book is the tendency to accept everything we are told by the media; perhaps, after everything we read in newspapers, we need someone like Kieran to be basic, as well as objective. It’s obvious, as he talks about the book, that he believes firmly in questioning everything he hears in the news, and in finding his own answers. He remains dismissive of certain things which, relatively speaking, simply aren’t likely to affect us. Statistically, as Kieran tells us in I Fought the Law, you are more at risk from a flight of stairs than a terrorist.
Charlotte Stretch interviews Idler deputy editor Dan Kieran about his latest, serious, book I Fought The Law.