May 221 minAsian Children’s Literature and Film in a Global AgeFrom Palgrave's Asia-Pacific and Literature in English Series where I serve as co-editor, a new volume Asian Children’s Literature and Fi...
Apr 261 minReview of Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu MiriMy review of Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri is published in Kyoto Journal No. 97.
Apr 181 minFootnotes in the Long Eighteenth Century: Recommended Secondary ReadingMy article "Footnotes in the Long Eighteenth Century: Recommended Secondary Reading" is published on Eighteenth-Century Paratext Research...
Jan 171 minRebel Poets Against the MachineMy piece on the fabulous Tokyo Poetry Journal "Rebel Poets Against the Machine: An interview with Tokyo Poetry Journal editors Jeffrey Jo...
Oct 11, 20191 minInterview with embroidery artist Alison Carpenter-Hughes My interview with embroidery artist Alison Carpenter-Hughes is out.
Sep 18, 20191 minReview - On the Bullet Train With Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights in JapanMy review of On the Bullet Train With Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights in Japan by Judith Pascoe is out on the latest issue of Kyoto Journal.
Jun 19, 20191 minBook Review: British Romanticism and the Critique of Political Reason by Timothy MichaelMy review of British Romanticism and the Critique of Political Reason by Timothy Michael is out in the latest issue of The Byron Journal.
Jun 5, 20191 minBook Launch: British Romanticism in AsiaThanks to Prof. Steve Clark at University of Tokyo, Laurence and I will be giving this book launch talk on British Romanticism in Asia on...
Feb 22, 20191 minBritish Romanticism in Asia (Print and E-book format)E-book format of British Romanticism in Asia: The Reception, Translation, and Transformation of Romantic Literature in India and East Asi...
Feb 20, 20191 min Review of "Tokyo Romance" by Ian BurumaMy new review of "Tokyo Romance" by Ian Buruma is published in Kyoto Journal No. 93.
Jan 19, 20191 minBritish Romanticism in AsiaI am pleased to announce Dr. Laurence Williams (Sophia University) and my new co-edited collection, British Romanticism in Asia: The Rece...
Sep 29, 20181 minHave Something to SayMy new article "Have Something to Say: Masahiko Abe on the University of Tokyo’s rejection of the Japanese Education Ministry’s English E...
Sep 6, 20181 minReview of "Pachinko" by Min Jin Lee My review of "Pachinko" by Min Jin Lee, originally published in Kyoto Journal No. 89 (January 2018), has been reproduced on their officia...
Aug 2, 20181 minBritish Gothic Monsters in East Asian Culture: Ideas to Kick-start Reading and Viewing (updated)Education material on TES "British Gothic Monsters in East Asian Culture: Ideas to Kick-start Reading and Viewing" by Sarah Olive and me ...
Jul 20, 20181 minAsia-Pacific and Literature in English SeriesVery thrilled to announce of the new “Asia-Pacific and Literature in English” Series with Palgrave Macmillan, co-edited with Shun-liang C...
Jul 1, 20181 minReview of "Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone" by Richard Lloyd ParryMy new book review of "Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone" by Richard Lloyd Parry is published in Kyoto Journ...
Jun 28, 20181 minThe Hungry Fox: An interview with BJ Fox, star of Japanese television sitcom "Home Sweet Tokyo"My new article 'The Hungry Fox: An interview with BJ Fox, star of Japanese television sitcom "Home Sweet Tokyo"' is just published on Wal...
Jun 9, 20181 minTwo book reviews in The Byron Journal 46.1 Two of my book reviews are published in The Byron Journal 46.1. Review of William Christie, The Two Romanticisms, and Other Essays: Myst...
Feb 28, 20181 minFaking it for real: My Shinto weddingMy new article "Faking it for real: My Shinto wedding" is out on Wall Street International.
Nov 13, 20171 minMarginal Imprints: Robert Southey’s notes for Madoc (1805)"Annotation in Eighteenth-Century Poetry" edited by Michael Edson (University of Wyoming) is now released (Publisher | Amazon Japan | Ama...