The Tatami Time Machine BluesIn the boiling heat of summer, a broken remote control for an air conditioner threatens life as we know it in this reality bending, time slipping sequel to The Tatami Galaxy. During a scorching August in Kyoto, our protagonist and his worst friend, Ozu, are locked in a glaring contest in a four and a half tatami mat room. Ozu has spilled Coke on the air conditioners remote controlthe only AC in Shimogamo Yusuisuiso, their famously shabby sweatbox of

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her journey as a single parent

Using an index—that most formal and orderly of structures—Wickersham explores this chaotic and incomprehensible reality

and to enlighten those learning to read and write English

an accident lands Ben in a dark

believing that beginning a new family with the woman he loves will allow him to let go of the horror of the past

Elizabeth endears herself to the British people

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you love animals

Some people search their whole lives to find love

use Twitter as a job-search tool

Beaver discovers that he may have unknowingly “made” another buddy instead