MONKEY Vol 3: Crossings

Transitioning out of pandemic, Vol. 3: Crossings are inspired by stories of transformation and the joyful play between Japanese and Western literatures.

Featuring the best of contemporary Japanese literature, from Hiromi Kawakami and Aoko Matsuda to Hideo Furukawa and Haruki Murakami, a graphic story by Satoshi Kitamura inspired by the Lascaux caves, and new work by American writers Stuart Dybek and Matthew Sharpe.

Upon Seeing the Evening Sky
an essay by Mieko Kawakami
translated by Hitomi Yoshio

The Graffiti
a prose poem by Makoto Takayanagi
translated by Michael Emmerich

Tadanori: A Noh Play
from the modern Japanese translation by Seikō Itō
translated and with an introduction by Jay Rubin

I Don’t Remember
an essay by Sachiko Kishimoto
translated by Ted Goossen

Walking
a story by Midori Osaki
translated by Asa Yoneda and David Boyd 

The Little Woods in Fukushima
a chapter from Zero F by Hideo Furukawa
translated by Kendall Heitzman

Four Modern Poets on Encounters with Nature 
selected and translated by Andrew Campana

The Cave
a graphic story by Satoshi Kitamura

Lessons
a poem and a story by Stuart Dybek

Creta Kano
a story by Haruki Murakami
translated by Gitte Hansen

MONKEY: New Writing from Japan is the English version of the Tokyo-based Japanese literary journal MONKEY, founded by Motoyuki Shibata, one of Japan’s most acclaimed translators of American fiction.

Dimensions: 7 x 10 inches

Print Length: 176 pages