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On Bringing the Novels of Mizuki Tsujimura to English Readers

On Bringing the Novels of Mizuki Tsujimura to English Readers

Yuki Tejima: “For fifteen years, the novel has been passed from reader to reader in Japan.”

By Yuki Tejima | August 26, 2025

Race Made Radioactive: How Yuko Tsushima Fused Multiracial Identity and Military Occupation

Race Made Radioactive: How Yuko Tsushima Fused Multiracial Identity and Military Occupation

Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda on Translating the Nuclear Novel “Wildcat Dome”

By Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda | March 18, 2025

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Marie Mutsuki Mockett on Japan’s National Literary Treasure

By Marie Mutsuki Mockett | March 12, 2024

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The Factory, in the Factory Where She Worked">Hiroko Oyamada Wrote Her First Book, The Factory, in the Factory Where She Worked

David Boyd on a Writer Who Follows the Weirdness

By David Boyd | October 23, 2020

an AI Heroine"> On the Difficulty of Finding a Distinct Human Voice for<br

On the Difficulty of Finding a Distinct Human Voice for<br

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and Self-Expression">Ros Anderson Navigates Unlikely Domains of Freedom
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By Ros Anderson | August 25, 2020

Acts of Recognition: On the Women Characters of Haruki Murakami

Acts of Recognition: On the Women Characters of Haruki Murakami

Mieko Kawakami Considers the Work of One of the World's Great Novelists

By Mieko Kawakami | October 3, 2019

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