Eve Kushner is a freelance writer in Berkeley, California. Her book Crazy for Kanji: A Student's Guide to the Wonderful World of Japanese Characters is forthcoming at some point this year, though the timing is uncertain. Eve's first book, Experiencing Abortion: A Weaving of Women's Words, came out in 1997 from Harrington Park Press.

Eve writes many types of articles, including profiles, feature articles, book reviews, personal essays, how-to articles, and social commentary. She's open to exploring all sorts of things, but she most enjoys writing about:

• The Japanese language and writing system
• People with fascinating passions and visions
• Innovative and environmentally sensitive architecture

In the past, she has written about the following interests:

• Reproductive issues
• Movies
• Writing technique
• Personal experiences
• Food

Eve has published 194 articles in 31 markets. (Writers are like baseball fans with their love of statistics!) She often writes for the San Francisco Chronicle and the East Bay Monthly. She has a weekly blog about kanji on JapanesePod101.com, as well as a monthly column in Builder/Architect magazine on achieving creative freedom in architecture. For more on her background, see About Eve.

A Sampling of Articles on This Site

• "The Way of Kanji"
  The East Bay Monthly published Eve's essay on kanji as her path to serenity. You can download this essay as a PDF.
• "The Greater Goods: East Bay Companies Live by the Triple Bottom Line: Profits, the Planet and People"
  This feature story about an inspiring new sector of the economy ran in the East Bay Monthly. Don't miss the five profiles posted on their own pages. (See the red links on the right-hand side of the main page.) The business world was uncharted territory for Eve, but the article fit with her longtime interest in profiling people with passions, visions, and missions. Susan H. Mac Cormac's InSight magazine article "The Emergence of New Corporate Forms" references "The Greater Goods."
• "Building Blocks: Coordinating Contractors and Other Disasters"
  This two-parter ran on the cover of the San Francisco Chronicle's "Home & Garden" section in November 2003. It has attracted more attention than perhaps anything else Eve has written. Don't miss Part Two, which is posted on its own page.
• "Life Ahead of the Curve"
  A profile of visionary architect Dan Liebermann, whose houses abound with curves and salvaged materials. This ran on the cover of the San Francisco Chronicle's "Home & Garden" section in July 2003. Don't miss the accompanying sidebar about a colony Liebermann has built.
• "Artist Loves Chanciness"
  A profile of papermaker Linda Lemon, who lets randomness control her artistic process. This ran inside the San Francisco Chronicle's regional section in May 2002.
• "Go Forth and Multiply: Abortion in Hollywood Movies of the '90s"
  On abortion in Hollywood movies. This article originally appeared in Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture. Now the piece has achieved eternal life on the site of Bright Lights Film Journal. That's where the article link will take you. The article has also been reprinted in ProQuest Information and Learning, an educational database. In spring 2006, the article was recommended as side reading in a Rutgers University course, "Current Moral and Social Issues." And in summer 2007, the article was quoted extensively in a piece by the Alliance of Women Film Journalists.
• "Beagleman"
  This has to do with Eve's dog, her husband, and a man they met every night for years. The piece appeared in the East Bay Monthly.