Andy Couturier, MA, is the author of Writing Open the Mind (Ulysses Press, 2005). He is an essayist, a poet and a professionally-trained writing teacher. His writing has appeared in newspapers, magazines
and literary journals including Adbusters, Creative Non-Fiction,
The Japan Times, The North American Review, The Oakland Tribune, Kyoto Journal, Fiber Arts, The Writer, and others. One of his essays received an editor's nomination for
a Pushcart Prize. An excerpt from his forthcoming book, A Different Kind of Luxury: Wisdom for Living the Good Life from the Mountains of Japan.(Stonebridge Press, 2009) appeared in an anthology
of ecological writings put out by MIT Press, Writing
the Future. He has taught
writing at California State University, Hayward, and at JFK University.Follow these links to read an essay by the
instructor which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize "Selling
Indulgence in Corporate Japan."
TRAINING: Andy received his MA from San Francisco State University in 1997 in English compositoin (the teaching of writing). Areas of emphasis included: Emotions in the Writing Process (presented at the SFSU Composition Forum); Bringing Improvisation into Revision; Organizing Your Writing ; and Theories of Japanese Aesthetics as they apply to Writing and Teaching . He has strived to bring the insights of the compositon field beyond the academic arena where they were developed.
PUBLISHED WORKS ON WRITING: An Excerpt from Writing Open the Mind. An article from Open Exchange Magazine, "Using
Intuitive Collage to Tell the Story of Your Life." from Kyoto Journal, "Asymmetry Writing and the Mind", from The Writer Magazine, "Playtime for the Subconscious," and "Revise from Your Improvisational Mind"
PUBLISHED WORKS ON RURAL JAPAN: "Living the Abundance of Less" (an excerpt from A Different Kind of Luxury) published by MIT Press, Writing the Future and in a slightly different form, in Kyoto Journal.
ESSAYS ON RACE AND CULTURE: from The North American Review: "Fry It How You Like It" (large file!)
REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND ARTICLES: (Coming soon!)
ARTICLES IN JAPANESE: Yutakasa wo Ikiru (Nakamura Osamu) Jikan Wa Jibun De Design Suru by Junko Motoyama.
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