Tessa Morris-Suzuki

Tessa Morris-Suzuki is Professor Emerita of Japanese history at the Australian National University. Her research focuses on modern Japanese and East Asian history, looking at topics including memory and reconciliation, migration, ethnic minorities and grassroots movements. Her recent books The Living Politics of Self-Help Movements in East Asia (co-edited, 2018); The Korean War in Asia: A Hidden History (edited, 2018) and a novel The Searcher (2018, published under the pen name T J Alexander).

Resignation Syndrome

Resignation Syndrome

The nation turns its face towards the wall and does not see the dying child. But she is here. She lies amongst the flowers that spread their seas of blue across suburban gardens. Her shallow fevered breath inhales the distant scent of moss and earth. The colours on...
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