Dr. Drew

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Education
Occupation Professor
Location Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Interests Japanese poetry, Yiddish poetry, jazz, human rights, Amnesty International, bizen pottery, museums, architecture walking tours, archives, photography, finding a tansu in a Japanese antique market, reading in cafes, did I mention good food?
Favorite Movies Matewan, Ikiru, Hannah and Her Sisters, Tevye der Milkhiker, Blues Brothers, Tampopo, Dr. Strangelove, The Producers, Metropolis, Citizen Kane, Ugetsu Monogatari, M, Bananas
Favorite Music Thelonious Monk, Cecil Taylor, Mal Waldron, John Zorn, Dimitri Shostakovich, Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály, Arvo Pärt, Hildegard von Bingen, Khaled, David Krakauer, Klezmer, Hesperion XXI, Anonymous 4, Kronos Quartet, Sequentia
Favorite Books Kokoro, A Gentle Madness, Reading on the Middle Border, Japanese American Celebration and Conflict, Beyond Loyalty, Embracing Defeat, Jesse Shera, Tao of Pooh, poetry, Gary Snyder, Cid Corman, Sasaki Nanao, Enchi Fumiko, A Little Love in Big Manhattan, The Strange Nation of Rafael Mendes, Scribes Script & Books, Jews in the Japanese Mind, Outwitting History