Takamichi Okubo is a native of Tokyo, Japan. He received his B.A. from Princeton University and is currently an MFA candidate at Indiana University. His work has been published in ...view moreTakamichi Okubo is a native of Tokyo, Japan. He received his B.A. from Princeton University and is currently an MFA candidate at Indiana University. His work has been published in Matter Press: The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts and is forthcoming in The Ledge Poetry and Fiction Magazine. His story, “Dear Mother” has won first prize in the Ledge Fiction Awards Contest.view less