Craig Mod

6 days ago | lithub.com | Craig Mod

This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. Article continues after advertisementThe fullest day I know of begins with taking a portrait of a stranger in the middle of nowhere by 10 a.m. I do this while walking the historic roads of my home country, Japan. At 8 a.m. I set off with the goal of clocking some 20-40 kilometers, and by 9:50, I usually still haven’t taken that portrait.

1 week ago | spotlightonpodcast.com | Craig Mod

Craig Mod, author of Things Become Other Things, explains how his love of independent publishing remains uncompromised despite a book deal with Random House and why books represent the perfect focused technology in an age of constant digital distraction. Show Notes Transcript Guest Profile Leave a Comment Random House has just released Things Become Other Things, a walking memoir that traces his 300-mile journey along ancient pilgrimage paths in rural Japan.

1 week ago | cntraveler.com | Craig Mod

All products and listings featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Thirty days, maybe forty—this is my plan. The walking plan. I’m not depressed per se, no great emptiness has taken hold, but something is off, has been off a while. I feel restless. So I set off on this walk. May 2021.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Craig Mod

All products featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by Condé Nast Traveler editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, Condé Nast may earn an affiliate commission. Craig ModThirty days, maybe forty—this is my plan. The walking plan. I’m not depressed per se, no great emptiness has taken hold, but something is off, has been off a while. I feel restless. So I set off on this walk. May 2021.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Craig Mod

To Avoid the Effects of Climate Change, Tokyo is Tunneling Under Its StreetsThere are a lot of ways humanity is readying itself for the effects of climate change, but in Japan, they’re digging. They are tunneling a massive 42-foot-wide cavern that will eventually stretch some 2.8 miles under the city of Tokyo and divert flood waters.