Black Box: Shiori Ito (trans. Allison Markin Powell)

When I first moved to Japan, my supervisor went on and on about the Japanese health care system and how … More

Random Anniversary 6: My Brain

These random anniversaries have a way of slapping me in the face with the extremely twisty road that is my … More

Record of a Night Too Brief: Hiromi Kawakami (trans. Lucy North) Ms Ice Sandwich: Meiko Kawakami (trans. Louise Heal Kawai) … More

I have been getting meta with my thoughts on translation lately, not just because of my work on Junji Ito’s … More

Even when I was little, I apparently understood that writing would never pay the bills. I went through a variety … More

TCAF! It happened! I’m not dead! All three are cause for celebration. As is the fact that I was able … More

I love Moomin! Let’s get that out of the way, so we all know how totally not impartial I am … More

So that is officially the longest title of any manga I have ever read or any book my brain has … More

Even if I wasn’t the target audience for this Japan-centered edition of the British lit magazine Granta, being a … More

Another issue of Monkey Business! Thicker than the last two issues! Read by me in an uncharacteristically timely fashion! I … More