In July 2008 the Being A Broad reviewed Green Tea to Go. Download



Read the review of Leza's award-winning collection of fiction "Green Tea to Go" by Stephen Mansfield, "Brewing Emotions and Desires" in The Japan Times on January 12, 2005.
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In spring 2005 the Pacific Rim Review reviewed Green Tea to Go. Download

		Reviewed as "Love and Hope in Tokyo" by Suzanne Kamata, Kyoto Journal (2005) Download
		Lowitz was also featured in a lead article in Metropolis magazine about recent fiction set in the Land of the Rising Sun. See: http://metropolis.japantoday.com Download

J SELECT MAGAZINE, 2005. Tokyo

"Green Tea To Go comprises 12 short stories and a novella set in modern-day Japan. While each tale stands on its own as a piece of fiction, the characters contained within come across as being very real and there's an endearing human quality to this collection that is difficult to ignore. Indeed, it doesn't take long at all for the reader to get drawn into the author's multifarious world, whether she is writing about a disfigured yakuza character actor, a worldly wise sculptor or an abandoned hatchback. In a place where many things appear foreign, Leza Lowitz's delightful collection of stories from Tokyo is a well-rounded lesson to us all - don't leave home without it."

On April 6, 2004 Green Tea to Go was mentioned in Leza's hometown paper, the venerable Eastbay Express of Oakland (Okay, she's from Berkeley, but they're neighbors!) www.eastbayexpress.com





Read a review of "An Inn Near Kyoto," where one of the stories in this collection ("Innocence") first appeared, in "The Asian Bookshelf" review by Donald Richie (The Japan Times, 1998)
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