Writers in Kyoto

Category: Reviews

Book Review: Japan and the Beats

A robust review of an issue of the Tokyo Poetry Journal.

Book Review: WiK Anthology 2017

A review of the 2017 WIK Anthology, by Harry Martin.

Hearn’s Kyoto Stories 2: Sympathy of Benten

A review of a Lafcadio Hearn story from his book entitled Shadowings (1900).

Book Review: The Bridge of Dreams, by Tanizaki Junichiro

A review of a novella by Tanizaki Junichiro which is set in Shimogamo.

Hearn’s Kyoto Stories 1: ‘Common Sense’

A WIK intern's commentary on one of Lafcadio Hearn's stories.

Book Review: Persimmon, by Hailstone Haiku Circle

A review of a new book from the Hailstone Haiku Circle.

Update on Kyoto Journal, Summer 2017

Update on Kyoto Journal and the return to a print edition.

Book Review: Another Kyoto, by Alex Kerr with Kathy Arlyn Sokol

Stephen Mansfield reviews Alex Kerr's latest book on Kyoto.

Kyoto Journal 88

Announcement of Kyoto Journal Issue 88 with content descriptions.

Book Review: Kyoto: An Urban History, by Matthew Stavros

A chapter by chapter book review of Kyoto: An Urban History of Japan's Premodern Capital by Matthew Stavros.

Kyoto Journal no. 87

Announcement of Kyoto Journal Issue 87 with content descriptions.

Book announcement

Description of a book launch event for Alex Kerr's Another Kyoto with an excellent review of the contents.

Book announcement: The Grain of Clay

On the publication of A Grain of Clay: Reflections on Ceramics and the Art of Collecting, by Allen S. Weiss

Book Review: Dancing over Kyoto by Richard Russell

Book review of Dancing Over Kyoto by Richard Russell.

Book announcement: The Grain of the Clay: Reflections on Ceramics and the Art of Collecting

Description of a new book by Allen S. Weiss on ceramics and the art of collecting.

The Hamlet Paradigm to be published

Excerpt from The Hamlet Paradigm and explanation from Marianne Kimura on how she found a publisher.

Magazine news

A review of contents from both Kyoto Review and MĀNOA.

Kawabata’s Old Capital (Koto)

A book review from the Japan Times.

Book Review: Kyoto Encounters, edited by J. Thomas Rimer

A book review with descriptions of the content and commentary from the editor.

Book Review: Kyoto-Dwelling, by Edith Shiffert

Description and link to one of Edith Shiffert’s poetry collections.

Kyoto Journal Food! Issue 83

Update on Kyoto Journal Issue 83 with content descriptions and selections.

‘Ichigensan’

A review and analysis of David Zoppetti's novel entitled Ichigensan.