Andy Couturier
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Andy Couturier (born June 3, 1964) is an American author and winner of the 2017 Nautilus Book Award, Gold, in Green Living/Sustainability.[1] His books include Writing Open the Mind: Tapping the Subconscious to Free the Writing and the Writer (Ulysses Press, 2005),[2] A Different Kind of Luxury: Japanese Lessons in Simple Living and Inner Abundance (Stone Bridge Press, 2010),[3] and The Abundance of Less: Lessons in Simple Living from Rural Japan (North Atlantic Books, 2017).[4] The Abundance of Less is a revised and updated edition of his previous work. His essays and articles on ecology, sustainable living, and the problems inherent with nuclear power have appeared in The Japan Times,[5] North American Review,[6] Adbusters, Kyoto Journal,[7] the Oakland Tribune, and Creative Nonfiction.
He was born in New York City, and grew up in Washington D.C. and Chicago. He lived in Japan for four years working as a teacher, a journalist and researching Japanese aesthetics. He is the founder and creative director for a private creative writing school, The Opening,[8] which offers courses in Santa Cruz, Berkeley, Oakland, internationally, and online.
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[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- A Different Kind of Luxury: Japanese Lessons in Simple Living and Inner Abundance ISBN 1-933330-83-X
- Writing Open the Mind: Tapping the Subconscious to Free the Writing and the Writer ISBN 1-56975-476-4
- The Abundance of Less: Lessons in Simple Living from Rural Japan ISBN 1-62317-132-6
References
[edit]- ^ "2017 Grand/Gold Winners – Nautilus Book Awards". nautilusbookawards.com. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
- ^ "Writing Open the Mind (9781569754764)". PGW. Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
- ^ "Stone Bridge Press - A Different Kind of Luxury". Stonebridge.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
- ^ The Abundance of Less by Andy Couturier | PenguinRandomHouse.com.
- ^ "ALTERNATIVE LUXURIES - Life". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ^ Couturier, Andy (1998-01-01). "Fry It How You like It". The North American Review. 283 (1): 32–33. JSTOR 25126206.
- ^ "KJ writers & artists | Kyoto Journal". www.kyotojournal.org. Archived from the original on 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ^ "Creative Writing Courses, Writing Classes, Editing, Memoir, Non Fiction, Book Completion, Santa Cruz, San Francisco Bay Area, Oakland, Berkeley". Theopening.org. Retrieved 2013-10-16.