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@puzzmo.com Is there an archive of Play by Play anywhere? I want to read through your past issues.
October 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
@puzzmo.com Is there an archive of Play by Play anywhere? I want to read through your past issues.
Dialogues of East Asia, a new apazine, has released its second issue! Inside, you’ll continue the journey through Chinese otome Mr Love, Queen’s Choice and reflect on the Unborn of Bankei Yōtaku. #China #Japan #Korea #EastAsia dialoguesofeastasia.com/2025/09/05/i...
Issue 2 is now available
Download issue 2 of Dialogues of East Asia. Inside, you’ll continue the journey through Chinese otome Mr Love, Queen’s Choice and reflect on the Unborn of Bankei Yōtaku. Issue #3 submis…
dialoguesofeastasia.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Dialogues of East Asia, a new apazine, has released its second issue! Inside, you’ll continue the journey through Chinese otome Mr Love, Queen’s Choice and reflect on the Unborn of Bankei Yōtaku. #China #Japan #Korea #EastAsia dialoguesofeastasia.com/2025/09/05/i...
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Shoen Nakajima (1861-1901; aka Kishida Toshiko), was an orator who spent eight days in jail for a “political speech without a permit” on the subject of women’s rights. She was also a teacher, poet, + writer before her untimely death from tuberculosis.
August 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Shoen Nakajima (1861-1901; aka Kishida Toshiko), was an orator who spent eight days in jail for a “political speech without a permit” on the subject of women’s rights. She was also a teacher, poet, + writer before her untimely death from tuberculosis.
Dialogues of East Asia, a new apazine, has released its first issue! Discover a new anime podcast, dip into films of Abe no Seimei, gush over Japanese children’s books, and ponder along with a Chinese otome’s preservation. #China #Japan #Korea #EastAsia dialoguesofeastasia.com/2025/08/01/i...
Issue 1 is now available
Download issue 1 of Dialogues of East Asia. Inside, you’ll discover a new anime podcast, dip into films of Abe no Seimei, gush over Japanese children’s books, and ponder along with a Ch…
dialoguesofeastasia.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Dialogues of East Asia, a new apazine, has released its first issue! Discover a new anime podcast, dip into films of Abe no Seimei, gush over Japanese children’s books, and ponder along with a Chinese otome’s preservation. #China #Japan #Korea #EastAsia dialoguesofeastasia.com/2025/08/01/i...
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Remember #JanuaryinJapan? We'll tune in on Friday, because RJL will have #WomeninTranslation month stories for you to read along with, too!
This is my reading project for #JanuaryinJapan. 31 days of free-to-read short stories. I'll post a new short story every day, and you're welcome to read along!
31 Short Stories for January in Japan
In honor of January in Japan, RJL presents a list of 31 translated Japanese short stories you can read on-line for free, listed alphabetically by author. 2025 marks the 18th year of this online cel…
readjapaneseliterature.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Remember #JanuaryinJapan? We'll tune in on Friday, because RJL will have #WomeninTranslation month stories for you to read along with, too!
@tricyclemag.bsky.social Hi! As a subscriber, are PDF versions of the issue available? I don't want to read articles from a webpage.
July 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
@tricyclemag.bsky.social Hi! As a subscriber, are PDF versions of the issue available? I don't want to read articles from a webpage.
Welp, @readjapaneseliterature.com, the thing I've been working on with others is public now, and I'd love to have you (and any of our onlookers) take a peek, maybe become a reader, maybe a contributor, or maybe just nod curiously: Dialogues of East Asia, a monthly APAzine: dialoguesofeastasia.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Welp, @readjapaneseliterature.com, the thing I've been working on with others is public now, and I'd love to have you (and any of our onlookers) take a peek, maybe become a reader, maybe a contributor, or maybe just nod curiously: Dialogues of East Asia, a monthly APAzine: dialoguesofeastasia.com
@crossedpaths.co.uk It seems page references in the PDF might be wrong too... on p.24, it talks about DEPTHS being on p.24 (when it's on p.26). Similarly, Basic Rules on 8 says "ITEM reward (pg.26)" but I'm thinking it should be pg.28? Also, same page, Combat is p.30, not 29. Etc.
May 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
@crossedpaths.co.uk It seems page references in the PDF might be wrong too... on p.24, it talks about DEPTHS being on p.24 (when it's on p.26). Similarly, Basic Rules on 8 says "ITEM reward (pg.26)" but I'm thinking it should be pg.28? Also, same page, Combat is p.30, not 29. Etc.
@crossedpaths.co.uk Hello! In Brambletrek Core Rulebook, p.8, what does "Beating an opponent on the Red table" mean? I see no other mention of "Red table" (or, for that matter, "red"). Does it mean a Hearts event card? Thank you! (/me is planning a Discord-based group game.)
May 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
@crossedpaths.co.uk Hello! In Brambletrek Core Rulebook, p.8, what does "Beating an opponent on the Red table" mean? I see no other mention of "Red table" (or, for that matter, "red"). Does it mean a Hearts event card? Thank you! (/me is planning a Discord-based group game.)
Oh! @readjapaneselit.bsky.social, you might be interested in a forthcoming (candidate) book club in Signum's SPACE for June: "The Japanese Heartwarming Bookclub" of Michiko Aoyama’s iyashikei What you Are Looking for Is in the Library:
blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/module....
blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/module....
April 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Oh! @readjapaneselit.bsky.social, you might be interested in a forthcoming (candidate) book club in Signum's SPACE for June: "The Japanese Heartwarming Bookclub" of Michiko Aoyama’s iyashikei What you Are Looking for Is in the Library:
blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/module....
blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/module....
@readjapaneselit.bsky.social Question for ya! Looking for Japanese (or East Asian) equivalents to Finnegan's Wake or Infinite Jest that also happen to be translated into English. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, maybe? What else?
April 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
@readjapaneselit.bsky.social Question for ya! Looking for Japanese (or East Asian) equivalents to Finnegan's Wake or Infinite Jest that also happen to be translated into English. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, maybe? What else?
@robinbougie.bsky.social Heya, Bougie! What's the haps?
April 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
@robinbougie.bsky.social Heya, Bougie! What's the haps?
@samreich.bsky.social My gods, just watched Game Changer “The Official Cast Recording” (s4e5) and I have no words. What an amazing surprise. 100% giant grin the whole time. So so good. Wowzers! Someone needs to make this “for real”.
March 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
@samreich.bsky.social My gods, just watched Game Changer “The Official Cast Recording” (s4e5) and I have no words. What an amazing surprise. 100% giant grin the whole time. So so good. Wowzers! Someone needs to make this “for real”.
#JanuaryInJapan day 31 with @readjapaneselit.bsky.social: “The Far Shore” by Yoko Tawada: "So I’ve got problems with my lungs. Why couldn’t I have seen that as a good thing?" An unhealthy mix of grins and grimaces with this one.
The Far Shore by Yoko Tawada - Words Without Borders
In Yoko Tawada's dystopian tale, the entire Japanese archipelago is rendered uninhabitable by a contamination of a different kind when a fighter plane piloted by a teenager loses control and crashes i...
wordswithoutborders.org
January 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
#JanuaryInJapan day 31 with @readjapaneselit.bsky.social: “The Far Shore” by Yoko Tawada: "So I’ve got problems with my lungs. Why couldn’t I have seen that as a good thing?" An unhealthy mix of grins and grimaces with this one.
#JanuaryInJapan day 30 with @readjapaneselit.bsky.social: “The Walker” by Izumi Suzuki: "when I was one step from oblivion, there in the middle of a field, in a place where the pale sunlight gathered and fell lightly like a scarf, I came upon a crummy little udon cart." Yep, sounds heavenly! (1/2)
The Walker | Izuki Suzumi | Granta
A newly translated story from the late Japanese writer.
granta.com
January 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
#JanuaryInJapan day 30 with @readjapaneselit.bsky.social: “The Walker” by Izumi Suzuki: "when I was one step from oblivion, there in the middle of a field, in a place where the pale sunlight gathered and fell lightly like a scarf, I came upon a crummy little udon cart." Yep, sounds heavenly! (1/2)
#JanuaryInJapan day 29 with @readjapaneselit.bsky.social: “One Hundred Years and a Day” by Tomoko Shibasaki: "For a long time he found it hard to accept that a line of letters strung together actually meant anything" and "they came to seem like hoards of noppera-bō, faceless spirits gliding by".
One Hundred Years and a Day | Tomoka Shibasaki | Granta
‘After a while people’s faces began to fade, and they came to seem like hoards of noppera-bō, faceless spirits gliding by.’ Tomoka Shibasaki, translated from the Japanese by Polly Barton.
granta.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
#JanuaryInJapan day 29 with @readjapaneselit.bsky.social: “One Hundred Years and a Day” by Tomoko Shibasaki: "For a long time he found it hard to accept that a line of letters strung together actually meant anything" and "they came to seem like hoards of noppera-bō, faceless spirits gliding by".
#JanuaryInJapan day 28 with @readjapaneselit.bsky.social: “The Old-Woman Skin” by Ao Omae: "In my new room, my kokeshi and the old-woman skin were waiting for me. The skin was from the woman I met outside Yakushi Kokeshi-Do as I was leaving Fukushima." (I want one too!)
The Old-Woman Skin by Ao Omae | Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia JAPAN CULTURAL EXPO
Given the opportunity of holding the United States Academy Award-recognized international short film festival
www.shortshorts.org
January 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#JanuaryInJapan day 28 with @readjapaneselit.bsky.social: “The Old-Woman Skin” by Ao Omae: "In my new room, my kokeshi and the old-woman skin were waiting for me. The skin was from the woman I met outside Yakushi Kokeshi-Do as I was leaving Fukushima." (I want one too!)
@readjapaneselit.bsky.social Funny, I was just about to ask you for imprints dedicated to translated Japanese literature, and then saw your FB post on Kurodahan Press. Are there others? (I ultimately only know about Stone Bridge Press.)
January 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
@readjapaneselit.bsky.social Funny, I was just about to ask you for imprints dedicated to translated Japanese literature, and then saw your FB post on Kurodahan Press. Are there others? (I ultimately only know about Stone Bridge Press.)
#JanuaryInJapan day 27 with @readjapaneselit.bsky.social: Pregnancy Diary by Yoko Ogawa: '“It’s like when they’re shampooing your hair at the salon,” she said. “The feeling that someone’s taking care of you—it’s wonderful.”' Interesting read. Is the ending real? Or suspicion? Hope? Munchausen BP?
Pregnancy Diary
www.newyorker.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
#JanuaryInJapan day 27 with @readjapaneselit.bsky.social: Pregnancy Diary by Yoko Ogawa: '“It’s like when they’re shampooing your hair at the salon,” she said. “The feeling that someone’s taking care of you—it’s wonderful.”' Interesting read. Is the ending real? Or suspicion? Hope? Munchausen BP?
#JanuaryInJapan day 26 with @readjapaneselit.bsky.social: “When My Wife Was a Shiitake” by Kyoko Nakajima: "Shiitake... ? The dried ones reconstituted, simmered in sugar and soy sauce... ?" I'm sure it's nearly a mindless task, but I'm already panicking with him. (1/2)
When My Wife Was a Shiitake - Words Without Borders
Omwet. No, no. Omelet. Omwet. Not omwet, omelet. Omwet. Omwet? What about this? Sweet. Sweet? And this? Green. Green, is it? Well, what about this? Clam. That’s right, clam. And this? Shiitako. Almost...
wordswithoutborders.org
January 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
#JanuaryInJapan day 26 with @readjapaneselit.bsky.social: “When My Wife Was a Shiitake” by Kyoko Nakajima: "Shiitake... ? The dried ones reconstituted, simmered in sugar and soy sauce... ?" I'm sure it's nearly a mindless task, but I'm already panicking with him. (1/2)
#JanuaryInJapan day 25 with @readjapaneselit.bsky.social: “A Clean Marriage” by Sayaka Murata: "Nowadays, your partner is not necessarily a sex object ... you can choose to have a family by rational means, thinking with your head, not with your loins." This gen. is nearly there. Enjoyed inversion.
A Clean Marriage | Sayaka Murata | Granta Magazine
‘Frequency of sex since marriage: zero.’ Sayaka Murata on a sexless marriage and the ‘Clean Breeder’ technique for pleasureless reproduction. Granta: Japan.
granta.com
January 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
#JanuaryInJapan day 25 with @readjapaneselit.bsky.social: “A Clean Marriage” by Sayaka Murata: "Nowadays, your partner is not necessarily a sex object ... you can choose to have a family by rational means, thinking with your head, not with your loins." This gen. is nearly there. Enjoyed inversion.
#JanuaryInJapan day 24 with @readjapaneselit.bsky.social: “The Last Picture Show” by Ryu Murakami: "Dry ’em, crush ’em, roll ’em" a... and... stick them in a stew? I thought this would end with the yakuza hurting our narrator for dabbling in his hydrangea weed racket in Akasaka and Roppongi.
"The Last Picture Show" by Ryu Murakami - Words Without Borders
In 1970s-era Tokyo, Yazaki and his friends are trying to make it as a blues band . . . until Yazaki meets his upstairs neighbor.
wordswithoutborders.org
January 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
#JanuaryInJapan day 24 with @readjapaneselit.bsky.social: “The Last Picture Show” by Ryu Murakami: "Dry ’em, crush ’em, roll ’em" a... and... stick them in a stew? I thought this would end with the yakuza hurting our narrator for dabbling in his hydrangea weed racket in Akasaka and Roppongi.
#JanuaryInJapan day 23 with @readjapaneselit.bsky.social: “Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey” by Haruki Murakami: "Honestly, it felt odd to be seated next to a monkey, sharing a beer, but I guess you get used to it." My first (!!) Murakami read (perpetually TBR'd). Swooned over it all. TBR resorted.
“Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey”
Fiction by Haruki Murakami: “Sharing a beer and chatting with a monkey was a pretty unusual experience in and of itself.”
www.newyorker.com
January 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
#JanuaryInJapan day 23 with @readjapaneselit.bsky.social: “Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey” by Haruki Murakami: "Honestly, it felt odd to be seated next to a monkey, sharing a beer, but I guess you get used to it." My first (!!) Murakami read (perpetually TBR'd). Swooned over it all. TBR resorted.
#JanuaryInJapan day 22 with @readjapaneselit.bsky.social: “The Lonesome Bodybuilder” by Yukiko Motoya: "How wrong I was. I always do that. I decide who I am, and never consider other possibilities." Another enjoyable read! (I didn't consider it "weird" though...)
Alexandra Kleeman recommends “The Lonesome Bodybuilder” by Yukiko Motoya - Electric Literature
“The Lonesome Bodybuilder” by Yukiko Motoya, Translated by Asa Yoneda When I got home from the supermarket, my husband was watching a boxing match on TV. “I didn’t know you watched this kind of thing....
electricliterature.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
#JanuaryInJapan day 22 with @readjapaneselit.bsky.social: “The Lonesome Bodybuilder” by Yukiko Motoya: "How wrong I was. I always do that. I decide who I am, and never consider other possibilities." Another enjoyable read! (I didn't consider it "weird" though...)
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