Akiko Busch
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Akiko Busch is the author of Geography of Home: Writings on Where We Live and The Uncommon Life of Common Objects: Essays on Design and the Everyday. Her most recent book, Nine Ways to Cross a River, is a collection of essays about swimming across American rivers and was published in 2007 by Bloomsbury/USA. She was a contributing editor at Metropolis magazine for 20 years, and her essays have appeared in numerous national magazines and exhibition catalogues. She has taught at the University of Hartford and Bennington College and has appeared on public radio in the U.S. and Canada. Currently, she’s a regular contributor to the New York Times Sunday regional section. She lives in the Hudson Valley with her husband and two sons.