Karen Hill Anton

ABSTRACT: Setting out as a teenager to uncover the world beyond her New York City neighborhood, our speaker began her cross-cultural journey more than half a century ago. She will share with us how in the decades since her worldwide travels have been not only geographical explorations but a journey of self-discovery. Learning as we embrace other cultures we may transcend limiting labels, gain a wider view of the world, and our place in it.

BIO: Karen Hill Anton wrote the popular columns “Crossing Cultures” for the Japan Times, and “Another Look” for Chunichi Shimbun. She lectures internationally on her experience of cultural adaptation and raising four bilingual, bicultural children. She’s the author of the multiple award-winning memoir, The View From Breast Pocket Mountain, and the novel, A Thousand Graces. Karen has made her home in rural Shizuoka prefecture with her husband, William Anton, since 1975.    KarenHillAnton.com