Read Japanese Literature
Alison Fincher
A podcast about Japanese literature and some of its best works
Episodes
SF! Japanese Science FictionApril 25, 2023
Writing from OkinawaApril 14, 2023
Fukushima FictionMarch 06, 2023
Sexlessness in Japanese FictionFebruary 12, 2023
The Akutagawa Prize and Kobo AbeJanuary 27, 2023
Japanese Magical RealismJanuary 06, 2023
Cats in Japanese LiteratureNovember 28, 2022
The Smile of the Mountain WitchOctober 25, 2022
Writing about Japan's "Have-Nots"September 22, 2022
Translating Japanese WomenSeptember 01, 2022
Banana and the BubbleAugust 23, 2022
Literature of Change in the 1960s—Mishima and OeAugust 14, 2022
Japanese Literature in WWIIJuly 12, 2022
The I-Novel, Osamu Dazai, and No Longer HumanJune 23, 2022
Taisho Magazines and Akutagawa’s Vision of HellMay 31, 2022
The Women Writers of Meiji JapanMay 06, 2022
Meiji Literature and Japan’s Most Famous Literary CatApril 13, 2022
Kaidan—Japan’s Ghost StoriesFebruary 25, 2022
High and Low Literature in Edo JapanFebruary 08, 2022
Setsuwa and Medieval Japanese BuddhismJanuary 13, 2022
Yoshitsune Ballads and Tomoe DramaDecember 21, 2021
The Tale of the HeikeDecember 04, 2021
The Tale of GenjiOctober 06, 2021
The KojikiSeptember 29, 2021
