by Rebecca Copeland | Apr 9, 2025 | Memories
“It is just too long and it will be too expensive and it will kill off the market,” Peter wrote to me about my manuscript. His tone was brutal, and so was his prediction. No writer wants to “kill off” their market. At long last Peter and I had secured a contract with... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Mar 26, 2025 | Memories
A flurry of letters followed the November 1990 meeting with Akiko Kurita, Fujie Atsuko, Peter Owen, and me. All were focused on reaching an agreement so that I could begin translating The Story of a Single Woman. Peter wanted all the rights to translations into other... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Mar 12, 2025 | Memories
Fujie Atsuko stood on the genkan step, looking down at Peter and me as we walked into the narrow apartment entryway. The light was behind her making it difficult to read her expression. I noticed another woman just behind her, peering at us around Fujie’s shoulder.... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Feb 26, 2025 | Memories
The good news came out of the blue. I opened my email to learn that Pushkin Press in the UK had acquired the rights to my translation, Story of a Single Woman, and were releasing it on March 27, 2025. This was one of my early translations of Uno Chiyo’s fiction and...
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