Find out more about Episode 35 of the Read Literature podcast on the episode page. Link to listen Notes and sources Ways to support the podcast This is Read Japanese Literature. My name is Alison Fincher. Read Japanese Literature is a podcast about Japanese fiction and some of its best works. All the works we discuss are available in translation, so you can read along if you want. You can find out more at ReadJapaneseLiterature.com. Quick content warning: The end of the world isn’t exactly a cheerful subject. We’ll be briefly reviewing some of the upsetting events in Japanese history that in ..read more

Find out more about Episode 34 of the Read Literature podcast on the episode page. Link to listen Notes and sources Ways to support the podcast This is Read Japanese Literature. My name is Alison Fincher. Read Japanese Literature is a podcast about Japanese fiction and some of its best works. All the works we discuss are available in translation, so you can read along if you want. You can find out more at ReadJapaneseLiterature.com. Quick content warning: The end of the world isn’t exactly a cheerful subject. We’ll be briefly reviewing some of the upsetting events in Japanese history that in ..read more

Check out Episode 33 of the Read Japanese Literature podcast, The End of the World—Japanese Apocalypse, Part 1. (Transcript of part 1.) Coming soon! Episode 34 of the Read Japanese Literature podcast, The End of the World—Japanese Apocalypse, part 2. Coming soon! Episode 35 of the Read Japanese Literature podcast, The End of the World—Japanese Apocalypse, Part 3. In this three-part episode, we’re looking at stories of the end of the world. Part one begins with a definition of apocalyptic and dystopian fiction and ends with a history of English-language apocalyptic and dystopian fiction for co ..read more

Find out more about Episode 33 of the Read Literature podcast on the episode page. Link to listen Notes and sources Ways to support the podcast This is Read Japanese Literature. My name is Alison Fincher. Read Japanese Literature is a podcast about Japanese fiction and some of its best works. All the works we discuss are available in translation, so you can read along if you want. You can find out more at ReadJapaneseLiterature.com. Quick content warning: The end of the world isn’t exactly a cheerful subject. We’ll be briefly reviewing some of the upsetting events in Japanese history that i ..read more

Support RJL. Check out our Bookshop.org page. Learn more about Japanese apocalyptic fiction with the RJL podcast. (Coming soon.) — Novels and Short Stories • 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami (translated by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel) Learn more about Haruki Murakami with the RJL podcast. • The Ark Sakura by Kobo Abe (translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter) Learn more about Kobo Abe with the RJL podcast. • Battle Royale by Koushun Takami (translated by Yuji Oniki; translated by Nathan Collins) and its sequels • Beautiful Star by Yukio Mishima (translated by Stephen Dodd) Learn more about Yukio M ..read more

Find out more about Episode 32 of the Read Literature podcast on the episode page. Link to listen Notes and sources Ways to support the podcast Read Japanese Literature is supporting earthquake recovery efforts in Wajima City, Japan, especially among artisans working in its traditional Japanese urushi industry.  You can find out how to help the Matsuzawa Urushi Workshop’s Phoenix project at tinyurl.com/urushirecovery. (U-R-U-S-H-I recovery) And I’ll explain more about the project at the end of the episode. This is Read Japanese Literature. My name is Alison Fincher.  Read Japanese ..read more

Check out Episode 31 of the Read Japanese Literature podcast—Misogyny and Mishima, part 1. Check out Episode 31 of the Read Japanese Literature podcast—Misogyny and Mishima, part 2. (coming soon!) Transcript of part 1 available. Transcript of part 2 is coming soon. In this two-part episode, we’re talking about misogyny in Japanese literature. 400 years of attitudes about women in Japan Woman in modern Japanese literature, especially in the work of some of its most important writers And the life and work of Yukio Mishima, especially by way of his I-Novel, Confessions of a Mask. This episode ..read more

Find out more about Episode 31 of the Read Literature podcast on the episode page. Link to listen Notes and sources Ways to support the podcast Read Japanese Literature is supporting earthquake recovery efforts in Wajima City, Japan, especially among artisans working in its traditional Japanese urushi industry.  You can find out how to help the Matsuzawa Urushi Workshop’s Phoenix project at tinyurl.com/urushirecovery. (U-R-U-S-H-I recovery) And I’ll explain more about the project at the end of the episode. This is Read Japanese Literature. My name is Alison Fincher.  Read Japanese ..read more

Check out Episode 30 of the Read Literature podcast. Transcript available. There is no one quite like Kenji Miyazawa. Born into wealth, he longed to be “a real peasant”. One of Japan’s most influential children’s writers, he sold only one story during his lifetime. Read Japanese Literature takes a look at Miyazawa’s colorful biography through three of his beloved stories. Miyazawa produced the artwork for this episode. It’s a painting titled Power Pole in the Moonlight. Become an RJL supporter for 15 minutes of bonus content. Support this podcast by buying from Bookshop.org. Once and Forever ..read more

Find out more about Episode 30 of the Read Literature podcast on the episode page. Link to listen Notes and sources Ways to support the podcast This is Read Japanese Literature. My name is Alison Fincher. Read Japanese Literature is a podcast about Japanese fiction and some of its best works. All the works we discuss are available in translation, so you can read along if you want. You can find out more at ReadJapaneseLiterature.com. First of all, I want to say thank you for your patience. I think RJL may just be a 10 episode a year podcast: January-May, August-November. And any extras I can ..read more