Nise Shimai: Yamazaki Nao-Cola

How is it May already? And the middle of May, no less! Where have I been?? Oh, right. Trapped in … More

Lunacy: Ishitsuyo Natsuko

We’re here! We did it! We’re finally at the end of The Longest Year: Part Two! Congratulations, friends. We’re marching … More

Let’s celebrate the passing of an arbitrary amount of time! The pages of another journal are full, and it’s time … More

Did you know I translated a sprawling historical saga this one time? Red Girls: The Legend of the Akakuchibas by … More

I love Murata Sayaka’s work, but after reading enough of it, I’ve developed a certain wariness when I approach a … More

I’ve been going back in time, trying to fill out my reading history in Japanese and not just pick up … More

I have been rearranging my bookshelves because that is a thing I enjoy doing and also a thing that needs … More

I translate a lot of books. A. Lot. This is partly because I love my job—I literally get paid to … More

Sakuraba Kazuki is one of those authors always dancing around the edges of my mind. I’ve translated a couple of … More

Yes! It’s really happening! The dream I dared not to speak aloud (but instead wrote it down on these pages) … More