Had fun interviewing Kazunori Hamana for apartamento magazine earlier this year craigmod.com/ridgeline/231/
Kazunori Hamana in Apartamento
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Craig Mod
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Writer & photographer. Japan based for 20+ years. Author of Things Become Other Things (Random House: May 2025), Kissa by Kissa (2020). Contributor to NYTimes, Atlantic, WIRED, and more. Walks a lot. Bla bla bla!! shop.specialprojects.jp craigmod.com
Had such a fun time chatting with @debbiemillman.bsky.social on her fabulous pod about all the things including why my life has been one big attempt to get back at Razorfish for snubbing, 18-year-old idiot me: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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Podcast Episode · Design Matters with Debbie Millman · July 6 · 1h 23m
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I built a better members-only Goodreads: craigmod.com/roden/115/ (in continuing my Rebuilding All The Software jag)
Go Knicks, A Better Goodreads, 'Cheap' Killer Films — Roden newsletter issue 115
What a summer … !
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I'm doing a reading in Asheville tomorrow night. We've already maxed out on RSVPs but you can still attend; hope to see you there: malaprops.com/event/2026-0...
Craig Mod presents Things Become Other Things
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I'm doing a book event on June 10 at Malaprop's in Asheville, NC — come! say hi! ask questions! malaprops.com/event/2026-0...
Craig Mod presents Things Become Other Things
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A few notes on the last couple weeks in NYC: craigmod.com/roden/114/
NYC, Asheville TBOT Event — Roden newsletter issue 114
New York, the beautiful mess
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TBOT in ebook form is $1.99 again (for a limited time!): kindle: amzn.to/4cBzZkU bookshop: bookshop.org/a/572/978059...
Things Become Other Things: A Walking Memoir
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Went for a 130km walk in Portugal the other day: craigmod.com/ridgeline/226/
Walk and Talk — The Portuguese Coastal Camino
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Building software in 2026 — insanely, improbably, we've all been given the equivalent of a nuclear reactor for $200/mo; it's wild that technology like Claude Code is so evenly distributed, so quickly: craigmod.com/essays/softw...
Software Bonkers
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Amazing to chat with @craigmod.com about his book Things Become Other Things, his friends, his mentors, the Japanese language, being an old man whisperer, AI, purpose... oh, all the stuff! newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/craig-mod-...
"Purpose is being denuded from every aspect of society"
Talking with Craig Mod about his book "Things Become Other Things".
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there seems to be one fine art edition of TBOT left in the shop; I believe this is truly the last copy of this edition: shop.specialprojects.jp/products/thi...
TBOT (Fine Art 1st ed.)
Things Become Other Things (TBOT) is a book chronicling a decade of walking central Japan's Kii Peninsula and its Kumano Kodō paths. It's a book about farmers and fishermen and and kissa owners and ad...
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Thank you! ❤️
Curious Reading Club@readcurious.xyz · 6mo agoOur book of the month for February is "Things Become Other Things: A Walking Memoir" by @craigmod.com—a superb, closely observed meditation on life, tradition, friendship and loss while hiking the ancient pilgrim trails of Japan's remote Kii peninsula. newsletter.readcurious.xyz/p/cur022-cra...
tonight's TBOT event with motoyuki shibata was sold out, but I added a few more ticket spots; 19:30 @ dandelion chocolate Kuramae: tbot.peatix.com/view
TBOT and Hot Chocolate, Tokyo Launch Party
Things Become Other Things Tokyo book event at Dandelion Chocolate, Kuramae! Come, j...
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TBOT Tokyo Event, one week from today (a few tix left) (and please use the Student Tickets if price is an issue!!): tbot.peatix.com/view
TBOT and Hot Chocolate, Tokyo Launch Party
Things Become Other Things Tokyo book event at Dandelion Chocolate, Kuramae! Come, j...
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Two weeks until my TBOT event with Motoyuki Shibata — about 25 tickets left (out of 80): tbot.peatix.com/view
TBOT and Hot Chocolate, Tokyo Launch Party
Things Become Other Things Tokyo book event at Dandelion Chocolate, Kuramae! Come, j...
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Some additional notes on my 2026 New York Times 52-Places to Go pick: Nagasaki craigmod.com/ridgeline/221/
My 2026 New York Times Pick — Nagasaki
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Having a TBOT book event in Tokyo: "THINGS BECOME HOT CHOCOLATE" January 23 @ Dandelion Chocolate in Kuramae, in conversation with translator Motoyuki Shibata tbot.peatix.com/view
TBOT and Hot Chocolate, Tokyo Launch Party
Things Become Other Things Tokyo book event at Dandelion Chocolate, Kuramae! Come, j...
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100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025. The big end-of-year lists mostly feature books from big publishers; this list aims to spread the attention to smaller publishers. [lithub.com]
100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025
The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…
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"There’s a ruthlessness that’s taken hold across all cultural making. Everything turned into a casino, 'traps' galore. Billions as the only goal. Leave “nothing on the table.” Epicurean maximizing. That sort of thing. AI now turning solid ground liquid for the next decade." craigmod.com/roden/109/
Blank Spaces, Radicalized Offlineness, Curious Protagonists — Roden newsletter issue 109
David Marx' new book, protesting being online all the time, thinking about good films and books
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For some reason, it looks like the ebook edition of Things Become Other Things is $1.99 today. (Hardcover is also $17, which is the cheapest I've seen it; I still get the same royalties, so, you know, please, buy away 😂) amzn.to/4ntXoYW
Things Become Other Things: A Walking Memoir
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＊NEW BOOK ALERT＊ This beauty is being printed as we speak (the pictured is a mockup): 272 full colour pages with the best stories from the Mundo Mendo website. Foreword by @craigmod.com Presale is open at MundoMendo.com/books Become a SEMIBOLD (or BOLD Member) to get it for free. 🚚 Shipping s
Walking 200km of the Kiso-ji (back and forth) starting on Thursday; more deets and signup links here: craigmod.com/ridgeline/216/
Between Two Mountains — A New Pop-up Newsletter
Walking 200 km of the Kiso Valley
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A new pop-up walk and newsletter from @craigmod.com is a reason to rejoice. https://mailbot2000.craigmod.com/h/r/3D7AC42BDB99659A2540EF23F30FEDED
You can listen to all the conversations @craigmod.com did during his recent TBOT book tour as a podcast series -- I started with the Robin Sloan one, and it's really great. I've listened to 3 of them now, and they are all a bit different, due to the interviewer. craigmod.com/books/things...
Things Become a Podcast — 2025 TBOT Tour Conversations
A collection of conversations from Craig Mod's 2025 book tour for 'Things Become Other Things.' Recorded at independent bookstores across America, these chats explore: walking, writing, Japan, and the...
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Really loved @craigmod.com’s Things Become Other Things. Beautifully-written along with a healthy dose of humor that somehow manages to sneak up on you.
holy crap, Adolescence was four very very very very very very intense hours of TV, good god (it was very good, too; esp episode 3, wow)
