Laurel Kamada had a PhD in Applied Linguistics (Lancaster University, England); a MA in International Studies(Japan Regional Program) and has published an academic genre book entitled:”Hybrid Identities and adolescent girls: Being ‘half’ in Japan” (2010, Multilingual Matters/Channel View Publications). She also has numerous other academic publications, such as Monographs on Bilingualism(Bilingual family case studies Volumes 1 and II (see bsig.org) and several book chapters in edited volumes. She recently retired from Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan) as a lecturer professor and now is a freelance writer.

This ten word story was typed on a manual Olivetti-Underwood, Lettera 22, manual typewriter, made in Italy c. 1961.  Let’s call him Lorenzo. Typed by Kae Sable.