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Walnuts, Bourbon, and a Gentleman Scholar: On Translating “Warbler in a Grove”

Walnuts, Bourbon, and a Gentleman Scholar: On Translating “Warbler in a Grove”

by Rebecca Copeland | Feb 25, 2026 | Japanese Literature

“Where did we leave off?” Ogikubo Sensei asked. I pulled my yellow legal pad out of my backpack and quickly thumbed through the pages until I reached what we had covered on October 16, 1997. A Thursday. We met each Thursday in Ogikubo Sensei’s office on the Kokugakuin...
“What’s Love Got to Do With It?”  Shimizu Shikin and the Quest for Romance

“What’s Love Got to Do With It?” Shimizu Shikin and the Quest for Romance

by Rebecca Copeland | Feb 11, 2026 | Japanese Literature

It’s almost Valentine’s Day, and engagement rings are everywhere! Will he propose? Will she say yes? And if the marriage doesn’t last, divorce rings are now in vogue. Women, primarily, celebrate divorce. They upcycle their old rings, refashioning them into something...

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