Pau Pitarch
@paupitarch.bsky.social
I teach Modern Japanese Literature and Media at Waseda University.
Una de les novel·les que més m'ha impressionat darrerament.
Bon dia. Avui arriba a llibreries «Argila alienígena», d'Adrian Tchaikovsky, una aventura fascinant al planeta Kiln, on trobareu elefants que haurien fet xixines el paio aquest que ha publicat les seves memòries. Perquè Kiln no té rei. Kiln és la Revolució!
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Argila alienígena
Adrian Tchaikovsky redissenya l’evolució com una economia de bescanvi en aquesta sorprenent aventura que critica els totalitarismes i enarbora els estendards de la solidaritat i la cooperació.
L’objec...
llegirencatala.cat
January 12, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Una de les novel·les que més m'ha impressionat darrerament.
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Bon dia. Avui arriba a llibreries «Argila alienígena», d'Adrian Tchaikovsky, una aventura fascinant al planeta Kiln, on trobareu elefants que haurien fet xixines el paio aquest que ha publicat les seves memòries. Perquè Kiln no té rei. Kiln és la Revolució!
llegirencatala.cat/llibres/argi...
llegirencatala.cat/llibres/argi...
Argila alienígena
Adrian Tchaikovsky redissenya l’evolució com una economia de bescanvi en aquesta sorprenent aventura que critica els totalitarismes i enarbora els estendards de la solidaritat i la cooperació.
L’objec...
llegirencatala.cat
January 12, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Bon dia. Avui arriba a llibreries «Argila alienígena», d'Adrian Tchaikovsky, una aventura fascinant al planeta Kiln, on trobareu elefants que haurien fet xixines el paio aquest que ha publicat les seves memòries. Perquè Kiln no té rei. Kiln és la Revolució!
llegirencatala.cat/llibres/argi...
llegirencatala.cat/llibres/argi...
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The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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I'm thinking about putting together an MA seminar syllabus around the theme of "Humour" for next semester.
What are your favorite laugh-out-loud funny Japanese literary works?
What are your favorite laugh-out-loud funny Japanese literary works?
December 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I'm thinking about putting together an MA seminar syllabus around the theme of "Humour" for next semester.
What are your favorite laugh-out-loud funny Japanese literary works?
What are your favorite laugh-out-loud funny Japanese literary works?
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A brief return of the Murderbot Humble Bundle! The charity is still World Central Kitchen.
Unlock and upgrade in the Return to Metroidvania rebundle, read up on exciting Sci-Fi with Matha Wells’ Murderbot & more, and add character to your game environments with the Best of Synty 4 Game Dev Assets rebundles! https://bit.ly/4oxXmjd
December 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A brief return of the Murderbot Humble Bundle! The charity is still World Central Kitchen.
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I just did a little doc for newbie grad students doing archival (mostly text and image) research in Japan (esp. those without the increasingly rare fellowships). The sheer info overload and bureaucracy can be overwhelming, but you can hit your stride with a bit of planning...suggestions welcome!
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December 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I just did a little doc for newbie grad students doing archival (mostly text and image) research in Japan (esp. those without the increasingly rare fellowships). The sheer info overload and bureaucracy can be overwhelming, but you can hit your stride with a bit of planning...suggestions welcome!
I keep finding this trope of the alien hive mind in recent SF novels by A. Tchaikovsky, A. Martine, E. Ashton, etc. If you have observed this as well, I'd be very interested to know why you think that might be or, at least, what other recent cultural developments you think it might be connected to.
December 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I keep finding this trope of the alien hive mind in recent SF novels by A. Tchaikovsky, A. Martine, E. Ashton, etc. If you have observed this as well, I'd be very interested to know why you think that might be or, at least, what other recent cultural developments you think it might be connected to.
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A question for academics: what academic non-fiction book would you hold up as exceptionally written?
Content matters in this to an extent, but I'm particularly trying to identify style here, and setting trade titles written by academics into a different category.
Content matters in this to an extent, but I'm particularly trying to identify style here, and setting trade titles written by academics into a different category.
November 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
A question for academics: what academic non-fiction book would you hold up as exceptionally written?
Content matters in this to an extent, but I'm particularly trying to identify style here, and setting trade titles written by academics into a different category.
Content matters in this to an extent, but I'm particularly trying to identify style here, and setting trade titles written by academics into a different category.
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Since we are once again dealing with "the only silent era comedians of note were men" I feel I need to stand up for the ladies.
Marion Davies!
Marion Davies!
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Since we are once again dealing with "the only silent era comedians of note were men" I feel I need to stand up for the ladies.
Marion Davies!
Marion Davies!
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Excellent essay from historian Steven Mintz on why he’ll only evaluate writing he can witness firsthand
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open.substack.com/pub/stevenmi...
AI Killed the Take-Home Essay. COVID Killed Attendance. Now What?
Reclaiming Learning in an Age of Distraction and Artificial Intelligence
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November 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Excellent essay from historian Steven Mintz on why he’ll only evaluate writing he can witness firsthand
open.substack.com/pub/stevenmi...
open.substack.com/pub/stevenmi...
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日本初、国際ゲイ小説賞を受賞した作家、安堂ホセさんから受賞スピーチ動画をいただきました🎥🥳
フランスの出版社、翻訳家だけでなく、エージェントや河出にまでメッセージを😭 この視野の広さも安堂作品の魅力です。
【速報】芥川賞作家・安堂ホセ『迷彩色の男』が、フランス🇫🇷発の文学賞・国際ゲイ小説賞（外国小説部門）を受賞！【日本初】｜Web河出
スピーチ全文、テキストではこちらで読めます▼
web.kawade.co.jp/information/...
フランスの出版社、翻訳家だけでなく、エージェントや河出にまでメッセージを😭 この視野の広さも安堂作品の魅力です。
【速報】芥川賞作家・安堂ホセ『迷彩色の男』が、フランス🇫🇷発の文学賞・国際ゲイ小説賞（外国小説部門）を受賞！【日本初】｜Web河出
スピーチ全文、テキストではこちらで読めます▼
web.kawade.co.jp/information/...
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
日本初、国際ゲイ小説賞を受賞した作家、安堂ホセさんから受賞スピーチ動画をいただきました🎥🥳
フランスの出版社、翻訳家だけでなく、エージェントや河出にまでメッセージを😭 この視野の広さも安堂作品の魅力です。
【速報】芥川賞作家・安堂ホセ『迷彩色の男』が、フランス🇫🇷発の文学賞・国際ゲイ小説賞（外国小説部門）を受賞！【日本初】｜Web河出
スピーチ全文、テキストではこちらで読めます▼
web.kawade.co.jp/information/...
フランスの出版社、翻訳家だけでなく、エージェントや河出にまでメッセージを😭 この視野の広さも安堂作品の魅力です。
【速報】芥川賞作家・安堂ホセ『迷彩色の男』が、フランス🇫🇷発の文学賞・国際ゲイ小説賞（外国小説部門）を受賞！【日本初】｜Web河出
スピーチ全文、テキストではこちらで読めます▼
web.kawade.co.jp/information/...
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The call for papers and panels to the 18th International EAJS conference is now open! The conference will be a hybrid event hosted in Poznań, Poland from 27-30 August 2026.
Please read the rules and instructions below before you submit your panel or paper.
#EAJS2026
eajs.eu/2026-call-fo...
Please read the rules and instructions below before you submit your panel or paper.
#EAJS2026
eajs.eu/2026-call-fo...
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The call for papers and panels to the 18th International EAJS conference is now open! The conference will be a hybrid event hosted in Poznań, Poland from 27-30 August 2026.
Please read the rules and instructions below before you submit your panel or paper.
#EAJS2026
eajs.eu/2026-call-fo...
Please read the rules and instructions below before you submit your panel or paper.
#EAJS2026
eajs.eu/2026-call-fo...
第1戦、勝った！
youtu.be/L6qOAOwFhvI?...
youtu.be/L6qOAOwFhvI?...
第1戦ゲームハイライト -SMBC日本シリーズ2025-
YouTube video by 日本野球機構(NPB)公式チャンネル
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October 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
第1戦、勝った！
youtu.be/L6qOAOwFhvI?...
youtu.be/L6qOAOwFhvI?...
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Nueva colección en Satori:
CLÁSICOS DEL TEATRO NOH
❤️🧡💚
Por primera vez en español y en traducción directa del japonés, una colección exclusiva dedicada a los clásicos del teatro Noh. Imprescindible.
Traducidos y prologados por Hidehito Higashitani, David Almazán y José Pazó.
CLÁSICOS DEL TEATRO NOH
❤️🧡💚
Por primera vez en español y en traducción directa del japonés, una colección exclusiva dedicada a los clásicos del teatro Noh. Imprescindible.
Traducidos y prologados por Hidehito Higashitani, David Almazán y José Pazó.
September 16, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Nueva colección en Satori:
CLÁSICOS DEL TEATRO NOH
❤️🧡💚
Por primera vez en español y en traducción directa del japonés, una colección exclusiva dedicada a los clásicos del teatro Noh. Imprescindible.
Traducidos y prologados por Hidehito Higashitani, David Almazán y José Pazó.
CLÁSICOS DEL TEATRO NOH
❤️🧡💚
Por primera vez en español y en traducción directa del japonés, una colección exclusiva dedicada a los clásicos del teatro Noh. Imprescindible.
Traducidos y prologados por Hidehito Higashitani, David Almazán y José Pazó.
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Muy pronto en Satori...
Toshiko Tamura. La escritora rebelde y olvidada del Japón moderno.
LA VIDA DE ELLAS
Historias de mujeres que rompen moldes en una sociedad que las quiere en silencio, mujeres que se atreven a desear contra corriente, a decidir por sí mismas y a actuar sin miedo.
Toshiko Tamura. La escritora rebelde y olvidada del Japón moderno.
LA VIDA DE ELLAS
Historias de mujeres que rompen moldes en una sociedad que las quiere en silencio, mujeres que se atreven a desear contra corriente, a decidir por sí mismas y a actuar sin miedo.
October 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Muy pronto en Satori...
Toshiko Tamura. La escritora rebelde y olvidada del Japón moderno.
LA VIDA DE ELLAS
Historias de mujeres que rompen moldes en una sociedad que las quiere en silencio, mujeres que se atreven a desear contra corriente, a decidir por sí mismas y a actuar sin miedo.
Toshiko Tamura. La escritora rebelde y olvidada del Japón moderno.
LA VIDA DE ELLAS
Historias de mujeres que rompen moldes en una sociedad que las quiere en silencio, mujeres que se atreven a desear contra corriente, a decidir por sí mismas y a actuar sin miedo.
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Japan, ostensibly one of the least religious countries in the world, had its political order upended by the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai. That is THE story about Friday's epochal shift in Japanese politics (thread follows):
October 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Japan, ostensibly one of the least religious countries in the world, had its political order upended by the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai. That is THE story about Friday's epochal shift in Japanese politics (thread follows):
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A look back on translating Strange Houses, with a bit of a spoiler discussion of one big issue.
#Uketsu #StrangeHouses #JapaneseLit #StrangePictures #Books
#Uketsu #StrangeHouses #JapaneseLit #StrangePictures #Books
Translating Strange Houses
Jim goes on a somewhat spoilery journey looking back on an issue encountered in translating Strange Houses by Uketsu, which ended up making a major difference on the book.
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September 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
A look back on translating Strange Houses, with a bit of a spoiler discussion of one big issue.
#Uketsu #StrangeHouses #JapaneseLit #StrangePictures #Books
#Uketsu #StrangeHouses #JapaneseLit #StrangePictures #Books
Llegint una antologia de contes de terror de Kadokawa m’he trobat amb aquesta petita joia que Inoue Masahiko (1960) va escriure el 1983 per al premi de micro-ficció Hoshi Shin’ichi, organitzat per Kōdansha.
No m’he pogut estar de traduir-la per compartir-la amb vosaltres.
No m’he pogut estar de traduir-la per compartir-la amb vosaltres.
再生 角川ホラー文庫ベストセレクション
文庫「再生 角川ホラー文庫ベストセレクション」のあらすじ、最新情報をKADOKAWA公式サイトより。角川ホラー文庫約30年の遺産！90年代から現在までの最恐セレクション。
www.kadokawa.co.jp
September 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Llegint una antologia de contes de terror de Kadokawa m’he trobat amb aquesta petita joia que Inoue Masahiko (1960) va escriure el 1983 per al premi de micro-ficció Hoshi Shin’ichi, organitzat per Kōdansha.
No m’he pogut estar de traduir-la per compartir-la amb vosaltres.
No m’he pogut estar de traduir-la per compartir-la amb vosaltres.
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Dear friends,
As have become a habit, I mark each #autumnequinox by sharing a small poem by Xin Qiji. I also start my translation cycle of Chinese and Japanese poems and prose that mark the twenty-four lunisolar micro-seasons. Translation notes blogged here:
#everynightapoem
As have become a habit, I mark each #autumnequinox by sharing a small poem by Xin Qiji. I also start my translation cycle of Chinese and Japanese poems and prose that mark the twenty-four lunisolar micro-seasons. Translation notes blogged here:
#everynightapoem
September 24, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Dear friends,
As have become a habit, I mark each #autumnequinox by sharing a small poem by Xin Qiji. I also start my translation cycle of Chinese and Japanese poems and prose that mark the twenty-four lunisolar micro-seasons. Translation notes blogged here:
#everynightapoem
As have become a habit, I mark each #autumnequinox by sharing a small poem by Xin Qiji. I also start my translation cycle of Chinese and Japanese poems and prose that mark the twenty-four lunisolar micro-seasons. Translation notes blogged here:
#everynightapoem
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this exists it is called thinking
September 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
this exists it is called thinking
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Carolina Negri (ed.) - Storia della letteratura giapponese
Dalle origini all'Ottocento
À paraître chez Einaudi
Dalle origini all'Ottocento
À paraître chez Einaudi
September 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Carolina Negri (ed.) - Storia della letteratura giapponese
Dalle origini all'Ottocento
À paraître chez Einaudi
Dalle origini all'Ottocento
À paraître chez Einaudi
Qué buena pinta tiene la nueva colección de Clásicos del Teatro Noh en Satori.
Empiezan con _Matsukaze_, _Ataka_ y _Dōjōji_.
Con traducciones y prólogos de Hidehito Higashitani, David Almazán y José Pazó.
satoriediciones.com/catalogo/col...
Empiezan con _Matsukaze_, _Ataka_ y _Dōjōji_.
Con traducciones y prólogos de Hidehito Higashitani, David Almazán y José Pazó.
satoriediciones.com/catalogo/col...
September 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Qué buena pinta tiene la nueva colección de Clásicos del Teatro Noh en Satori.
Empiezan con _Matsukaze_, _Ataka_ y _Dōjōji_.
Con traducciones y prólogos de Hidehito Higashitani, David Almazán y José Pazó.
satoriediciones.com/catalogo/col...
Empiezan con _Matsukaze_, _Ataka_ y _Dōjōji_.
Con traducciones y prólogos de Hidehito Higashitani, David Almazán y José Pazó.
satoriediciones.com/catalogo/col...
At EAJS in Sendai this weekend, and thanks to Prof. Till Weingärtner (Cork), I found out about シルバー川柳, a yearly prize given by the 全国有料老人ホーム協会 for senryū about the everyday lives of senior citizens.
My favorite so far (mostly because of the 本歌取り from 金子みすゞ):
「パスワード みんな違って みんなダメ」
My favorite so far (mostly because of the 本歌取り from 金子みすゞ):
「パスワード みんな違って みんなダメ」
有老協・シルバー川柳について | 【公式】全国有料老人ホーム協会（個人のお客様はこちら）
全国有料老人ホーム協会が提供する個人のお客様・消費者向けサイトです。
全国有料老人ホーム協会に登録する会員ホームの基本情報とイベントのお知らせに加え、
ホームに関する事を個人のお客様向けにわかりやすくお伝えしていきます。みなさまのホーム選びにお役立てください。
user.yurokyo.or.jp
September 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
At EAJS in Sendai this weekend, and thanks to Prof. Till Weingärtner (Cork), I found out about シルバー川柳, a yearly prize given by the 全国有料老人ホーム協会 for senryū about the everyday lives of senior citizens.
My favorite so far (mostly because of the 本歌取り from 金子みすゞ):
「パスワード みんな違って みんなダメ」
My favorite so far (mostly because of the 本歌取り from 金子みすゞ):
「パスワード みんな違って みんなダメ」
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Mary Isbell's book Searching for Wonder: Teaching Literature with Student-Selected Texts is free and available for digital download now! unewhaven.pressbooks.pub/searchingfor...
Searching for Wonder – Simple Book Publishing
Many journeys, one course.
unewhaven.pressbooks.pub
August 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Mary Isbell's book Searching for Wonder: Teaching Literature with Student-Selected Texts is free and available for digital download now! unewhaven.pressbooks.pub/searchingfor...