MONKEY New Writing from Japan
Volume 4: MUSIC
by Ted Goossen, editor and Motoyuki Shibata, editor
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Pub Date Nov 14 2023 | Archive Date Jan 04 2024
Stone Bridge Press | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
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Description
MONKEY New Writing from Japan is an annual anthology that showcases the best of contemporary Japanese literature. Volume 4 celebrates MUSIC, as we welcome the post-pandemic flourishing of artistic expression. MONKEY offers short fiction and poetry by writers such as Hideo Furukawa, Mieko Kawakami, Haruki Murakami, Hiromi Kawakami, Aoko Matsuda, and Hiroko Oyamada; graphic stories by Satoshi Kitamura; new translations of modern classics; and contributions from American authors Stuart Dybek, Kevin Brockmeier, and more.
A Note From the Publisher
Kaori Fujino, Hideo Furukawa, Mimi Hachikai, Toshiko Hirata, Iko Idogawa, Taruho Inagaki, Seiko Ito, Hiromi Kawakami, Mieko Kawakami, Satoshi Kitamura, Aoko Matsuda, Mizuki Misumi, Haruki Murakami, Sayaka Osaki, Hiroko Oyamada, Kyohei Sakaguchi, Tomoka Shibasaki, Shii, Makoto Takayanagi, Ichiyo Higuchi, Midori Osaki, Kevin Brockmeier, Stuart Dybek, Sawako Nakayasu, Rob Winger, Jeffrey Angles, Polly Barton, David Boyd, Andrew Campana, Chris Corker, Michael Emmerich, Ted Goossen, Kendall Heitzman, Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda, Sam Malissa, Margaret Mitsutani, Jay Rubin, Laurel Taylor, Asa Yoneda, Hitomi Yoshio
Advance Praise
“MONKEY is more fun than anything called literature has a right to be. Some of the most imaginative writing in the world just so happens to hail from Japan.”
—Roland Kelts, Nikkei Asia
“An astonishment, by turns playful and profound”
—Junot Diaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
“MONKEY is full of deep, funny, wild, scary, fabulous, moving, surprising, brilliant work.”
—Laird Hunt, author of Zorrie
“A sampler of Japanese literature in translation that gives you tastes of varied, sumptuous flavors.”
—Eric Margolis, Tokyo Weekender
“MONKEY is the coolest magazine in the world. It has the coolest new and classic Japanese writers, and some extremely cool English-language writers too. Its graphics are also extremely cool. Whether you read MONKEY in Japanese or in English, you will be, at least for the duration of your reading, quite cool too.”
—Rebecca Brown, author of The Gifts of the Body
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781737625384 |
| PRICE | $20.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 156 |
Links
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