Translator Mark Gibeau and publisher Peter Goodman discuss Mark’s translation of Osamu Dazai’s "Ningen Shikkaku,” which Stone Bridge published as "A Shameful Life" (elsewhere known as "No Longer Human")
Mar 19, 2024
34 min
Author John Dougill talks about his 3,000-km train trip from Hokkaido to Kyushu along the west coast of Japan and his observations and adventures along the way.
Nov 7, 2023
35 min
Managing editor Meg Taylor talks about MONKEY, an annual anthology that showcases translations of works by top Japanese writers and that has recently launched a new fiction-in-translation imprint with Stone Bridge Press.
Oct 23, 2023
28 min
Helen McCarthy, one of the key figures in the introduction of anime culture into the English-reading world back in the age of VHS and basement viewing parties, looks at how the medium has changed over the years and become a profit center for big streaming corporations while at the same time (mostly) hanging on to its creative vitality.
Aug 7, 2023
55 min
Japan is officially open with no pandemic restrictions! Author Gilles Poitras offers first travel impressions of Tokyo, based on his new book "Tokyo Stroll."
Jun 12, 2023
27 min
Sake expert Jim Rion, author of the new book "Discovering Yamaguchi Sake," talks about local Yamaguchi brews as well as some sake basics and insight into brewing and ingredients.
Apr 11, 2023
29 min
Landscape architect Marc Peter Keane, based in Kyoto, talks about art and aesthetics in Japanese gardens.
Mar 8, 2023
47 min
Japan resident David Joiner, author of Kanazawa and The Heron Catchers, talks about writing novels set in Japan the writing process, and crafting Japanese sensibility in English prose.
Feb 7, 2023
24 min
Author Gregg Krech talks about "Naikan"--"inside looking" -- a structured form of self-reflection that helps us understand our place in the world.
Nov 16, 2022
35 min
Do kanji spark joy? Or just drive you nuts? Eve Kushner, author of Crazy for Kanji, talks about her fascination with the Japanese writing system.
Nov 1, 2022
35 min
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