The Essential Kawabata With a literary career that spans nearly five decades, Yasunari Kawabata (川端 康成) has established himself as one of the most prominent and influential names in the ambit of Japanese literature. Born on June 11, 1899, in Osaka, he was orphaned when he was four; he would eventually lose his close paternal […]| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
Almost every scholar of Asian American literature has acknowledged the brilliance of Milton Murayama’s first novel, All I Asking for Is My Body, and its notable contribution to local Hawaiian and Asian American literature. When All I Asking for Is... Read More ›| Literary Theory and Criticism
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Nick Bradley’s novel Four Seasons in Japan is his second book set in Japan, and follows part time translator Flo through a moment of crisis. Flo is from Portland, Oregon, but is living in Tok…| What I Think About When I Think About Reading
Listening to Arthur Hnatek’s album ‘Melismetiq’ drove me to sleep one afternoon. The pianist’s fingers tenderly brushing the ivory keys. The trumpet beaming a yawning melody, gliding weightlessly a…| ATMA & Funomena