CONTENTS
The Peach Itō Threw Rots, and She Becomes a Beast Once Again
a chapter from The Thorn Puller by Hiromi Itō
Good Stories Originate in the Caves of Antiquity
Haruki Murakami in conversation with Mieko Kawakami
The Razor, a story by Naoya Shiga, with remarks by film director Hirokazu Koreeda
Fujito: Victims of War, from the modern Japanese translation of a Noh play by Seikō Itō
The Visitor, a graphic narrative by Jon Klassen. text by Yōko Ogawa
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FOOD A Monkey’s Dozen
Something Sweet, a story by Hiroko Oyamada
Dinner at Mine, an essay by Tomoka Shibasaki
Sushi, a story by Kanoko Okamoto
The Heart of the Lunchbox, a graphic story by Satoshi Kitamura
Nori and Eggs for Breakfast, an essay by Kuniko Mukōda
Forest of the Ronpa, a story by Kyōhei Sakaguchi
Turtledoves, a story by Naoya Shiga
Seven Modern Poets on Food, selected and translated by Andrew Campana
The Goose, a story by Barry Yourgrau
Misaki, a story by Sachiko Kishimoto
Dissecting Misogyny, a story by Aoko Matsuda
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Counterfeiting García Márquez, a story by Hideo Furukawa
Simone + Reminiscing, vignettes by Hiromi Kawakami
A Tired Town, a story by Steven Millhauser
Five Prose Poems by Makoto Takayanagi
Finding Mother, an essay by Jeffrey Angles
Why hasn’t this been translated?: Remarks from nine translators
Contributors
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