Kenneth Wright

Kenneth Wright Portfolio

A PUTT PAST PURGATORY EAST

Book / Romance

Nov 03, 2018

The Booksie Classic House

Fed up with his dreary life in Japan, David is contemplating going back to the States when his friend John makes an absolutely crazy suggestion. Read More

An American Love Song in Survival Japanese

Book / Romance

Nov 08, 2014

The Booksie Classic House

When Gordy flees America and the War in Vietnam and takes a job as an English teacher in the Tokyo of the 1960s, he finds he gets a lot more than a mere hourly wage. Read More

FLEET FEET FREE

Book / Science Fiction

Jan 25, 2024

The Booksie Classic House

To All My Students of Notre Dame Women's College, Kyoto, Japan

Essay / Other

Dec 06, 2014

The Booksie Classic House

Thoughts on my retirement after 37 years of teaching English to female Japanese college students at a college in Kyoto, Japan. Read More

The Airport Train

Short Story / Romance

Jul 31, 2019

The Booksie Classic House

Cross-cultural misunderstanding. Read More

Unwanted Encounter

Short Story / Flash Fiction

Aug 04, 2019

The Booksie Classic House

Seasons Regrets

Short Story / Flash Fiction

Aug 13, 2019

The Booksie Classic House

After first publishing this as 'Four Seasons or Five' I changed the title to 'Seasons Regrets'. I hope you'll agree it's more appropriate. Read More

All Aboard!

Short Story / Flash Fiction

Aug 17, 2019

The Booksie Classic House

How I Damn Near Missed Getting the Career of My Dreams (And just might save you from missing yours!)

Book / Non-Fiction

Dec 12, 2017

The Booksie Classic House

Although this book is autobiographical, it is NOT an autobiography. It is the story of how I eventually wound up becoming a professor of the English Language at a small conservative Catholic women's college in Kyoto, Japan,… Read More