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Chiyo Uno was a kimono designer as well as an author. In the 1920s, she embodied the free-spirited moga ("modern girl") lifestyle, wearing Western clothes, adopting a bobbed hairstyle, and associating with Japan's writers, poets, and painters. #witmonth

Happy N American release day to Akane Araki's Murder at the End of the World (trans Jesse Kirkwood). A meteor is on a collision course with Earth. The entire human race has 3 months to live. Why would a serial killer begin work?

Murder at the End of the WorldAn unlikely duo embarks on a road trip to find a serial killer before the apocalypse in this prize-winning Japanese murder mystery.Perfectly blends the dystopian humor of Zombieland and the thrills of...bookshop.org

Happy N American release day to Chuya Nakahara's Angel at the Earth's Extreme (trans Jeffrey Angles). "Nakahara Chuya lived only to age thirty yet ranks among the finest of Japanese poets, evoking in his work the alienation, ennui, and romantic melancholy of a changing world."

Angel at the Earth's Extreme: Collected PoemsThe intensely confessional work of Japan’s most famous modernist poet, considered the Japanese Rimbaud, whose poems have inspired cultlike devotion—especially among fans of the hit anime show Bungo St...bookshop.org

Free #witmonth story via Asymptote: "Eternal Children" by Satomi Hara (trans Toshiya Kamei) "Out of habit, I hesitated to peek outside. If somebody found out I was still awake, I’d get into serious trouble. But I decided to peek outside anyway..."

Translation Tuesday: “Eternal Children” by Satomi Hara - Asymptote BlogMy cells would be cared for and fed to form another human being. Eventually, they would attend school and grow into components forming the system.www.asymptotejournal.com

Another #witmonth -appropriate old podcast episode finally has a transcript! Post-bubble Japan. The history of socially-conscious Japanese literature. Yu Miri and her novel Tokyo Ueno Station (trans Morgan Giles).

By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga is a solid NF choice to learn about Japanese women’s writing for #witmonth. 🥰 www.yuricon.com/product/bys/

By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and MangaThe Untold Story of Lesbian Love in Japanese Animation and Comics. Erica Friedman has been writing and speaking about Yuri anime and manga for 20 years. This book is a collection of her essays, lec…www.yuricon.com

Free #witmonth story via Monkey: "The Smartphones Aren't There Yet" by Kaori Fujino (translated by Laurel Taylor) “I had important plans that afternoon, so I took the train. I don’t normally take that line, though I’d ridden it several times before."

Nobuko Yoshiya wrote stories for girls about romantic friendships. She defied the gender norms of the day by dressing in a way that wasn’t clearly male or female. She also publicly shared a 50-year relationship with Chiyo Monma, a female math teacher from a Tokyo girls’ school. #witmonth

Another #witmonth ready transcript release! This episode, we’re talking about why there is such a wealth of contemporary books by Japanese women available in English. Also Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (trans Ginny Tapley Takemori). readjapaneseliterature.com/Podcast/Epis...

Kanoko Okamoto was one of the first contributors to the influential Japanese women's magazine Bluestocking. An authority on Buddhism, she frequently revisited the effect of a person's familial ancestral karma on their present-day lives.

Free #witmonth story via Lunch Ticket: "Girl Friends" by Kaori Ekuni (translated by @sharni.bsky.social) “When I take the call from Taki—which I didn’t want to take, but anyway—I’m naked. It’s a fine Saturday afternoon.”

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Free #witmonth story via @grantamag.bsky.social: "Trembling" by Maru Ayase (translated by Haydn Trowell) "Somewhere, it was raining. So I thought as I checked the arrival schedule of the shipment of apricot gummies that a client had enquired about...."

Perfect for #witmonth, I've just finished the transcript for Episode 14—Banana and the Bubble. Runaway consumer spending. Everything kawaii. A Nobel laureate’s contempt. And a young author whose career challenged the publishing powers that be. readjapaneseliterature.com/Podcast/Epis...

Toshiko Tamura was an actress and early feminist novelist. In 1911, her husband successfully pressured her to publish a short story in a competition—she won first prize and gave up her acting career to write. When she died, she left her royalties to establish a prize for women writers. #witmonth

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#womenintranslationmonth begins August 1, and RJL is psyched! Every day in August, we'll be posting a short bio of a Japanese woman writer* who takes up feminist themes in her stories. Stay tuned for an August episode on Japanese Women Writers.* readjapaneseliterature.com/Book+lists/J...

For the first time ever, RJL has broken $200 in monthly listener support. It's not only a huge help in paying for operating expenses and sources, it's a confidence boost that what I'm doing is useful and interesting. Thank y'all so much!

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Happy N American release day to Genki Kawamura's Exit 8 (trans Sameeha Anwar)! "From the award-winning director and NYT bestselling author of If Cats Disappeared from the World, the thrilling novelization of his hit film Exit 8, adapting the indie game of the same name."

Exit 8From the award-winning director and NYT bestselling author of If Cats Disappeared from the World, the thrilling novelization of his hit film Exit 8, adapting the indie game of the same name.A young ma...bookshop.org