Eve Kushner's Reviews
Reviews of Eve’s Work
Oct.30.2009
Published by The Asian Review of Books
Eve Kushner, a self-described kanji fanatic, presents excellent learning strategies in her guide.... It helps to be as crazy about kanji as she is; even one of her dogs is named...
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Sep.18.2009
Published by "Kanji Clinic" column
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Whether you have just embarked on your kanji-learning adventure, are approaching the “kanji guru” stage, or--like most foreign adult kanji learners--find...
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Sep.12.2009
Published by Choate Rosemary Hall Bulletin
When I told friends I was moving to Japan in 2006, two who had previously lived in the Land of the Rising Sun had some advice about the Japanese language. The first assured me, “...
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Aug.29.2009
Published by Oprah's Book Club—The Best Reads
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Aug.28.2009
Published by Japan Probe
How do you study kanji? I’ve followed Eve Kushner’s posts on Japanesepod101, where she blogs about how wonderful kanji are, for a while now. So when her new book Crazy for Kanji...
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Aug.19.2009
Published by Japan Times
Whether you have just embarked on your kanji-learning adventure, have attained "kanji guru" status, or find yourself somewhere in the middle, "Crazy for Kanji" will provide you...
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Jul.30.2009
Published by Nichi Bei Times
“This is no kanji workbook, nor is it a textbook, nor is it simply a games book… It’s a fun and informative read for people who are interested in the origins of language or...
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Jul.15.2009
Published by East Bay Express ("Best of" Issue)
Impassioned otaku eager to devour their beloved manga in the original Nihongo have a friend in Eve Kushner. Although the Berkeley Japanophile adores every last downstroke and dot...
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Feb.23.1998
Published by Journal of Biosocial Science
The book is based on the experiences (interviews or records) of 115 American women of various ages between 17 and 75 (but mostly in their twenties), of different ethnic origins,...
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Feb.23.1998
Published by Pro-Choice Connection
Kushner writes what women think and feel about their decision to have an abortion, and how women have made sense of their experiences. Rich in sorting out and describing the...
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Sep.24.1996
Published by Prepublication Review
Even as a very experienced psychotherapist, I gained many new insights about abortion from Kushner’s wise, compassionate, and comprehensive book…. Although she speaks directly to...
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Sep.24.1996
Published by Prepublication Review
The most important debate on abortion is not taking place on television or even in the heated battles of our country’s legislative chambers. It takes place every day in the minds...
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Oct.05.1996
Published by Prepublication Review
Eve Kushner compassionately and insightfully orchestrates a rich chorus of women's voices in a groundbreaking experiential study of abortion. She takes us beyond political and...
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Dec.01.2008
Published by Prepublication review
In Crazy for Kanji, Eve Kushner takes kanji's raw ingredients and serves them up in ways that are delicious, surprising, and so satisfying. She breaks them apart like a garlic...
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Dec.01.2008
Published by Prepublication review
Highly recommended. Kushner details her passion for kanji in an entertaining, humor-laced narrative chock-full of information, examples, and games. Anyone who has suffered through...
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About Eve
Eve Kushner is a writer in Berkeley, California. In February 2009, Stone Bridge Press published her second book, Crazy for Kanji: A Student's Guide to the Wonderful World of Japanese Characters. Eve's first book, Experiencing Abortion: A Weaving of Women's...
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Causes Eve Kushner Supports
The Milo Foundation, Planned Parenthood, Doctors Without Borders, PCI, FINCA