Reading Between The Lines
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Reading Between the Linesは、英訳された日本人作家の著書を特集しています。ホストを務めてくださる好川友里奈さんはライター／書評家でいらっしゃいます。特集する本より彼女が抜粋した箇所をじっくりと読み、その後対話形式のディスカッションが行われます。過去に取り上げられた著書は下記に掲載しております。またイベント動画は当協会のYoutubeチャンネルよりご覧いただけます。
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Yurina Yoshikawa returned with Reading Between the Lines on September 24th. People from My Neighborhood is a collection of short stories by Hiromi Kawakami and translated by Ted Goosen. Hiromi Kawakami is one of Japan's most popular contemporary novelists. Click here to watch the recording on the JAST You Tube Channel |
 | Yurina Yoshikawa is the Director of Education at The Porch. She holds an M.F.A. from Columbia University, and her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, NPR, Lit Hub, The Japan Times, and elsewhere. Yurina was the winner of the 2020 Tennessee True Stories Contest, a 2021 recipient of the Tennessee Arts Commission, and the 2024 Tennessee State Fellow for the South Arts Prize in Literature. She has lived in Tokyo, Palo Alto, and New York before settling down in Nashville, Tennessee, where she lives with her husband and two sons. For more information about Yurina, visit www.yurinayoshikawa.com. |
Past
The Great Passage by Shion Miura
Translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter
May 7, 2025
The Great Passage is a tender and luminous novel that follows the intricate and heartfelt journey of compiling a new Japanese dictionary. Along the way, Miura weaves a tale of intergenerational friendships, unexpected romance, and a shared love for language's ability to connect us.
View the conversation on YouTube, here.
Butter by Asako Yuzuki
Translated by Polly Barton
September 12, 2024
In this installment of Reading Between the Lines with JAST, Yurina discussed Butter, a cult Japanese bestselling novel by Asako Yuzuki.
The story follows a female journalist investigating a woman accused of being a serial killer who uses delicious food to lure her male victims. Perfect for fans of Japanese food, true crime, and female friendships.
View the conversation on YouTube, here.
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ozawa
Translated by Stephen Snyder
April 11, 2023
This beautiful short novel is about a delicate friendship between a housekeeper and a mathematician whose memory only lasts 80 minutes. The book has several memorable scenes featuring cherry blossoms, and there are cherry blossoms on the book cover does as well!
A perfect way to kick off Japan Week, for those planning to attend the Nashville Cherry Blossom Festival on Saturday, April 15th.
View the conversation on YouTube, here.
Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda
Translated by Polly Barton
February 7, 2023
On February 7, Yurina Yoshikawa explored Where the Wild Ladies Are by AokoMatsuda, published and translated in early 2020. This book is a collection of feminist retellings of Japanese folktales where humans live side by side with spirits who provide a variety of useful services—from truth-telling to babysitting, from protecting castles to fighting crime.
View the conversation on YouTube, here.
Dead-End Memories by Banana Yoshimoto
Translated by Asa Yoneda
Dead-End Memories is a collection of 5 short stories featuring women who, following sudden and painful events, quietly discover their ways back to recovery. It will also, in Yurina’s words in a recently published NPR article, “make readers especially hungry for Japanese food”. Read more of Yurina’s review on NPR here.
View the conversation on YouTube, here.
Scattered All Over The Earth by Yoko Tawada
Translated by Margaret Mitsutani
May 24, 2022
This book imagines a dystopian future in which Japan no longer exists and a Japanese woman who goes on a journey throughout Europe to find someone who can speak with her in her native tongue.
View the conversation on YouTube, here.
How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino
Translated by Bruno Navasky
March 3, 2022
How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino is a unique coming-of-age novel centered around a 15-year-old boy and his musings on science, friendship, and bravery. This uplifting story is being adapted into a feature film by Hayao Miyazaki.
View the conversation on YouTube, here.