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Books on Asia

Amy Chavez, John Ross

Books on Asia is your guide to finding quality books on Japan and Asia, including travel, literature, current events, and culture. Explore Asia in-depth. Hosted by Amy Chavez.

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00:33:19

The Art of the Short Story with Tina deBellegarde

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2021/06/07

Today we're talking with Tina deBellegarde about short stories, what makes a good short story, and why certain short story writers are so appealing. Tina has been nominated for the Agatha Award for Best First Novel, has a short story published in the Mystery Writers of America anthology called "When a Stranger Comes to Town," and most recently won the USA Prize in the Writers in Kyoto annual story competition.Amy congratulates Tina on her contest-winning entry called "Sound Travels" in the WiK

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00:32:49

Robert Whiting Talks Baseball and Tokyo Junkie

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2021/05/06

In this episode of the Books on Asia podcast, show host Amy Chavez talks with Robert Whiting about his just released memoir Tokyo Junkie: 60 Years of Bright Lights and Back Alleys . . . and Baseball (Stone Bridge Press, April, 2021). Whiting is known for his numerous books on Japanese baseball: The Chrysanthemum and the Bat, You Gotta Have Wa, The Samurai Way of Baseball, and The Meaning of Ichiro. He's also penned a book about gangsters called Tokyo Underworld. In this episode of the podcast,

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00:26:27

Wes Lang, Hiking and Trekking the Japan Alps and...

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2021/04/19

This episode starts out with Amy asking Wes for some tips on using mountain huts while hiking: What time to arrive, whether you should book meals, if you need reservations, and how mountain huts on Mount Fuji differ from other mountain hut accommodations.They also talk about hot springs (onsen) at mountain huts, or near the hiking trails. Some onsen have mixed bathing (men and women together) and they discuss some tips on when to cover up with a swim suit (or not). Amy talks about her embarrassing

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00:31:19

Janine Beichman on translating Japanese Haiku and Tanka

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2021/04/07

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 transition from the Edo to the Meiji period. It was a time when Shiki (and his friend Natsume Sōseki), was influenced by Western literary styles and culture. These effects are reflected in Shiki's haiku, tanka and prose. Beichman's literary biography Masaoka Shiki: His Life and Works (Cheng & Tsui Co, 2002) delves into Shiki's influence on poetry, his

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00:26:14

Alex Kerr, author of Finding the Heart Sutra

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2021/03/08

Partial Transcript“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 about his newly published book Finding the Heart Sutra: Guided by a Magician, an Art Collector and Buddhist Sages from Tibet to Japan. (Allen Lane, Penguin U.K. Nov. 26, 2020)."Amy: Your book "Finding the Heart Sutra" is coming out this week, congratulations!Alex Kerr: This book is a result of 40 years of what's basically been an obsession with the

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00:31:11

Richard Lloyd Parry, author of Ghosts of the Tsunami

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2021/01/19

Amy talks with author, journalist, and Times correspondent Richard Lloyd Parry about his books Ghosts of the Tsunami about the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami and People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman about a foreign hostess who went missing in Tokyo. Recorded on May 8, 2020.See Parry's book Ghosts of the Tunsami: https://booksonasia.net/book/ghosts-of-the-tsunami/People Who Eat Darkness: https://booksonasia.net/book/people-who-eat-darkness/For more books, see Books on Asia Issue

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00:13:13

Lena Baibikov, translator of Haruki Murakami's...

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2021/01/19

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 About When I Talk About Running, Radio Murakami and a book of Murakami’s short stories as well as works by authors such as Banana Yoshimoto, Ryu Murakami, and Yukio Mishima and several children’s book authors. This podcast recording takes place in Lena’s kitchen in Ashiya, just 100 meters from where Murakami’s parents lived until the Kobe Earthquake of

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00:32:06

William Scott Wilson, author of Walking the Kiso Road

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2021/01/19

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, Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai (by Yamamoto Tsunetomo), The Book of 5 Rings (by Miyamoto Musashi), and Cultivating Ch’i: A Samurai Physician’s Teachings on the Way of Health (by Kaibara Ekiken) before they zero in on the writing of Walking the Kiso Road. In this episode the author reveals a surprising fact about himself that we never knew before

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00:28:40

Barry Lancet, author of Tokyo Kill

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2021/01/19

Barry Lancet chats with podcast host Amy Chavez about Lancet's popular thriller series including Japantown, Tokyo Kill, Pacific Burn, and The Spy Across the Table based on the exploits of Jim Brody, an antiques dealer who travels between Japan, Asia and the U.S. Recorded on January 22, 2019.See Barry Lancet's thriller series at https://booksonasia.net/book/tokyo-kill/And other books on Tokyo in Books on Asia, Issue 4: https://booksonasia.net/category/issues/issue-4/The Books on Asia Podcast is

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00:30:34

Juliet Winters Carpenter on translating Japanese...

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2021/01/19

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 Passage, Minae Mizumura’s A True Novel, Shiba Ryōtaro’s Clouds Above the Hill, Jun’ichiro Saga’s Memories of Wind and Waves, and Abe Kōbō’s Secret Rendezvous. Carpenter also talks about her upcoming project, a new translation with Mizumura, as well as translating the life story of Sakamoto Ryōma. Recorded on September 29, 2018To see the books mentioned in

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00:37:46

Judith Pascoe on Wuthering Heights in Japan

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2021/01/19

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 discusses aspects of her book On the Bullet Train with Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights in Japan. A fun, engaging read, Dr. Pascoe deliberates on some of the 20 or so Japanese interpretations of the novel, including translations, manga versions, and the reenactment by the Takarazuka all-female theater in Japan and even offers up some unique

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00:28:39

John Dougill, founder of Writers in Kyoto

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2021/01/19

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 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Recorded on May 27, 2018.For more information about Dougill's books as well as publications by other members of Writers in Kyoto, see: https://booksonasia.net/category/issues/issue-1/The Books on Asia Podcast is sponsored by Stone Bridge Press, publisher of fine books on Asia for over 30 years: www.stonebridge.com

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