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Janine Beichman on translating Japanese Haiku and Tanka
Episode 9
This episode starts out with Amy and Janine talking about Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902) and the poetic reforms that took place from 1868 during Japan's t…
5 years, 3 months ago
Alex Kerr, author of Finding the Heart Sutra
Episode 8
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“Welcome to the Books on Asia podcast, I’m your host, Amy Chavez, and today we have with us Alex Kerr who is going to talk with me …
5 years, 4 months ago
Richard Lloyd Parry, author of Ghosts of the Tsunami
Episode 7
Amy talks with author, journalist, and Times correspondent Richard Lloyd Parry about his books Ghosts of the Tsunami about the 2011 Tohoku Earthquak…
5 years, 6 months ago
Lena Baibikov, translator of Haruki Murakami's non-fiction
Episode 6
Amy Chaez talks with Lena Baibikov who has translated Haruki Murakami’s non-fiction works from Japanese into Russian. Lena has translated What I Talk…
5 years, 6 months ago
William Scott Wilson, author of Walking the Kiso Road
Episode 5
Amy talks with William Scott Wilson, author and translator of over a dozen books on Japan and China. They briefly discuss a few of these including, …
5 years, 6 months ago
Barry Lancet, author of Tokyo Kill
Episode 4
Barry Lancet chats with podcast host Amy Chavez about Lancet's popular thriller series including Japantown, Tokyo Kill, Pacific Burn, and The Spy Acr…
5 years, 6 months ago
Juliet Winters Carpenter on translating Japanese Literature
Episode 3
Amy meets up with Juliet Winters Carpenter to talk about her 70 or so translated works of Japanese literature including Shion Miura’s The Great Passa…
5 years, 6 months ago
Judith Pascoe on Wuthering Heights in Japan
Episode 2
Amy talks with Dr. Judith Pascoe in her office on the campus of Florida State University while a Brontëesque storm rages outside their window. Pascoe…
5 years, 6 months ago
John Dougill, founder of Writers in Kyoto
Episode 1
John Dougill talks about Japan’s indigenous religion of Shinto, its kami (deities) and the designation of Ise Shrine as the center of worship for Pri…
5 years, 6 months ago