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5 Japanese Women Writers | A Reading Diary - Summer, 2024
I spent my summer reading Japanese women writers. Here are some of my reflections.
0:00 The Dregs of Summer
0:30 In Las Bielański
1:02 On Japan
2:34 Simulacra
3:28 Finding Mishima & Others
5:46 Japanese Women Writers
6:22 A Brief Life
10:14 Forging a Voice
11:17 Mood Pieces
12:43 On Footnotes
14:40 Honkadori
15:21 The Haginoya
16:03 Japanese Gothic
18:25 Tajfuny
20:39 Ogród Krasińskich
21:20 A Shift in Style
23:24 Paper Goods
24:12 Chopsticks
26:00 An Honorary Man
27:18 The Yoshiwara
29:27 Panorama
31:56 Saikaku
33:18 Midori
34:50 A Tickled Sleeve
36:07 Bookmail 1
38:08 Cool Respite
39:11 'An Esoteric Masterpiece'
40:09 Convolutions
41:33 A Ghost Story
42:33 Masking
46:37 The Malign and the Maligned
50:33 Unknown Motivations
52:21 Unknown Shades of Green
54:29 Quiet Epiphanies
58:07 A Walk
58:42 A Change of Heart
1:00:10 Subtlety and Depravity
1:03:04 Bloodsharing
1:05:05 Brutalised Archetypes
1:07:09 Proliferation
1:09:40 Homecoming
1:10:04 Transgressive Logic
1:12:24 Crabs
1:17:02 Bookmail 2
1:19:17 Izumi, This Bad Girl
1:22:00 The Ideas
1:23:40 A Countercultural Icon
1:24:41 A Malaise
1:30:08 Powiśle
1:31:51 The End of July
1:32:09 Understated Beauty
1:34:06 The Body
1:38:11 The Underlying Tenderness
1:41:10 Topolina
1:42:24 Adrift
1:44:12 Reclaiming the Body
1:44:50 Echoes
Bibliography:
In the Shade of Spring Leaves: The Life of Higuchi Ichiyō, with Nine of Her Best Stories (1981) by Higuchi Ichiyō & Robert Lyons Danly
Masks (1958) by Fumiko Enchi, trans. Juliet Winters Carpenter
Toddler-Hunting and Other Stories (1996) by Taeko Kōno, trans. Lucy North
Terminal Boredom (2021) by Izumi Suzuki, trans. Daniel Joseph, David Boyd, Helen O'Horan, Polly Barton, Sam Bett
Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami, trans. Sam Bett, David Boyd
Lost Leaves: Women Writers of Meiji Japan (2000) by Rebecca Copeland
'Enchi Fumiko and the Hidden Energy of the Supernatural' (1990) by Wayne Pounds
The Other Women's Lib: Gender and Body in Japanese Women's Fiction (2010) by Julia C. Bullock
Embodiment and Its Violence in Kawakami Mieko's Chichi to ran: Menstruation, Beauty Ideals, and Mothering (2020) by Juliana Buriticá Alzate - jll.pitt.edu/ojs/JLL/article/view/96
Japan Story: In Search of a Nation (2018) by Christopher Harding
#JapaneseLiterature #Womenintranslationmonth Womenintranslation #HiguchiIchiyo #FumikoEnchi #TaekoKono #IzumiSuzuki #MiekoKawakami #RebeccaCopeland #JuliaCBullock #MeijiLiterature #JapaneseFiction #WomenInLiterature #SupernaturalLiterature #Literatureintranslation #ModernJapaneseFiction #JapaneseCulture #LiteraryStudies #AsianLiterature #LiteraryCriticism #Tajfuny #ReadingDiary #readingvlog #booktube #booktuber #japanesewomenwriters
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Pre-Tolkien Fantasy & Cosmic Horror | A Reading Diary, Spring 2024
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With a head full of faerie, and at a suitably Entish pace, I explore some curious fantasy and horror fiction. Support me here: ko-fi.com/sherdstube 0:00 In Fairyland 0:33 Las Bielański 1:22 Childish Things 1:54 A Towering Figure 3:05 Butter & Bacon 3:59 Narrative & Landscape 6:58 In Elfland 10:28 Tam Lin 13:22 Bookmail 1 16:22 Invented Worlds 18:47 An Archaic Mode 21:59 The Glamour of the Archa...
Summer in Silesia | A Lost Reading Diary
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I filmed this reading diary in Lower Silesia in the summer of last year, but wasn't able to get it finished at the time. I'm very pleased to be able to share it with you now. Hope you enjoy it: Support me here: ko-fi.com/sherdstube 0:00 The Burden of Summer 0:32 Lower Silesia 2:45 A Whiter Shade of Pale 3:29 An Unhurried Narrative 5:53 The Texture of Life 10:25 King Arthur in Siedlęcin 11:36 So...
From Warsaw to Paris | A French Reading Diary - Winter, 2024
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Warning: I attempt to pronounce many French names in this video. Join me for another reading diary from Warsaw to Paris: 0:00 An Unknown Planet 0:24 Rynek Nowego Miasta 1:06 A Confession Concerning French Literature 1:57 Time Torn Off Unused 3:11 French Horror 5:43 An Unforgiving Land 6:24 An Unlikely Similarity 7:41 Sleek of Fur & Fleet of Foot 8:48 On Hares & Folklore 10:19 Księgarnia Naukowa...
The Best Books I Read This Year | 2023
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My end-of-year list for 2023. I hope you enjoy it. Support Me: ko-fi.com/sherdstube 0:00 Ritual 0:35 Criteria 1:04 8) Peripheral Imagination 7:03 7) Waves of Violence 12:10 6) Internal Magicking 15:05 5) Sin Eating 19:58 4) Cinematic Language 24:49 3) The Intense Humming of Evil 28:26 2) Parched Lyricism 32:26 Honourable Mentions 33:57 1) Edgelands of Epistemology 41:19 Next Year's Reading Plan...
An Andalusian Reading Diary | Summer, 2023
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My second experiment in Booktuber form. I hope you enjoy it. Support Me: ko-fi.com/sherdstube 0:00 Andalusian Sadness 0:41 In Seville 1:40 A Professional Andalusian 4:12 Symbols 6:58 Nature as Character 7:54 A Conversation with the Moon 9:33 A Pre-Logical World 10:12 The Corruption of the Flesh 12:52 Playing Dead 13:55 La Cartuja Monastery 15:49 To Córdoba 17:35 Landscape Without Song 21:02 Ech...
Q&A Part 4 | My Favourite Queer Books & Other Topics
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I answer your questions (on quite a windy day). Thanks for watching. Support me here: ko-fi.com/sherdstube 0:00 Gratitude 0:35 What are your favourite Queer books? 14:03 What are your thoughts on John Banville? 18:19 Which languages do you know? 24:03 What are your favourite publishers? 29:21 Do you read wholesome books as well as disturbing ones? Wake Island Podcast: open.spotify.com/show/4Qh8...
Q&A Part 3 | How to Be a Better Reader & Other Topics
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Q&A Part 3 | How to Be a Better Reader & Other Topics
A Reading Diary | Spring, 2023
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A Reading Diary | Spring, 2023
'Genesis', Chaos & the Poetic Imagination
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'Genesis', Chaos & the Poetic Imagination
Three Novels of Israel & Palestine
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Three Novels of Israel & Palestine
The Best Books I Read This Year | 2022
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The Best Books I Read This Year | 2022
How Writers Find Meaning in the Sky
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How Writers Find Meaning in the Sky
Women in Modern Greek Literature
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Women in Modern Greek Literature
Q&A Part 2 | The Most Disturbing Book I've Read & Other Topics
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Q&A Part 2 | The Most Disturbing Book I've Read & Other Topics
Q&A Part 1| Evocations of Cities in Literature & Other Topics
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Q&A Part 1| Evocations of Cities in Literature & Other Topics
Lampedusa & the Meaning of Mermaids
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Lampedusa & the Meaning of Mermaids
Translating a Drowned Poet: On Georg Heym's 'The Dissection'
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Translating a Drowned Poet: On Georg Heym's 'The Dissection'
My First Reading Revelation
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My First Reading Revelation
Against Clarity: Why Convoluted Writing Matters
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Against Clarity: Why Convoluted Writing Matters
How Danielewski's 'House of Leaves' Destabilizes the Reader
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How Danielewski's 'House of Leaves' Destabilizes the Reader
Of Rainbows & the Diminishing Pleasure of Reading
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Of Rainbows & the Diminishing Pleasure of Reading
Thomas Ligotti & the Polish Avant-Garde
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Thomas Ligotti & the Polish Avant-Garde
The Tyranny of Plot: Why Books Don't Always Need Stories
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The Tyranny of Plot: Why Books Don't Always Need Stories

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    @Rxe08 12 днів тому

    Does anyone know the music that begins at 18:16 ?

  • @sangyedorje
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    Excellent video and comparison of Ligotti with Schultz, your "rzeczywostość zdegradowana" sounded great 👍

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    @floydtudor-rosa5115 16 днів тому

    Here here

  • @stargazerbird
    @stargazerbird 29 днів тому

    On finishing the book I searched online for an analysis that would explain the way it weaves its magic. At last I found it. I found much of it delightfully playful and funny which makes for another destabilising contrast with the horrors of the house.

  • @kobijekel6320
    @kobijekel6320 Місяць тому

    This was a wonderful video! I read cinnamon shops a few months ago, and I kept on feeling a ligotti atmosphere. The quay brothers films do a great job connecting--probably unintentionally--Bruno Schulz to Thomas Ligotti. Thanks for making this!

  • @mefogus
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    I always love a good bookshelf backdrop. Though I'd kill for one more level of quality settings, there are some gems indeed in that Danielewski to Isis frustum.

  • @VigiliusHaufniensis
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    Love this! By the way, i just found your Podcast and was wondering why it ended so early, will it continue in the future? Really enjoy your opinions, you are one of the most passionate voices on literature out there!

  • @accursed_share
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    Very underrated channel and a great video 👍🏽

  • @LiminalVegas
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    Just started reading this. While there's some eye rolling Gen-X "literary masculinity" that permeates the book, it's enjoyable. Reminds me of the interactive books I had growing up. Realized there was definitely nods to concrete poetry, and had wondered if anyone had made this connection. Liked the review.

  • @shoresofpatmos
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    this video is so beautiful.

    • @SherdsTube
      @SherdsTube Місяць тому

      Ah thanks so much for saying so! It might be my favourite of everything I've made. Wasn't a very popular one, unfortunately.

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  • @stephenmurray7495
    @stephenmurray7495 Місяць тому

    Classical Gas slowed right down?

  • @watermelonman3000
    @watermelonman3000 Місяць тому

    Come on, Sherds! Do us another video. It's wet as a duck's arse in Blighty and my spirits are damp. Make it about spooky, spectral stuff-- you do that well!

    • @SherdsTube
      @SherdsTube Місяць тому

      Haha oh go on, then. 😊 Seriously, though - it's weird you should say that, as I was thinking about doing something a bit ghostly soon. Also, this comment is the most English thing I've read in a while! 🤣

    • @watermelonman3000
      @watermelonman3000 Місяць тому

      @@SherdsTube I like you, Sherds. You're one of the good ones. Looking forward to what's coming down the line.

  • @james2529
    @james2529 2 місяці тому

    Love your content man.

    • @SherdsTube
      @SherdsTube Місяць тому

      Thank you, mate! Thrilled to hear that. 😊

  • @feanor7080
    @feanor7080 2 місяці тому

    Beautiful. Is that a telecaster?

    • @SherdsTube
      @SherdsTube 2 місяці тому

      Thank you! It is. I really love playing it.

  • @shoresofpatmos
    @shoresofpatmos 2 місяці тому

    Nice

  • @shoresofpatmos
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  • @james2529
    @james2529 2 місяці тому

    My favourite book tuber

    • @SherdsTube
      @SherdsTube 2 місяці тому

      Ah thrilled to hear that! Thank you. :)

  • @VigiliusHaufniensis
    @VigiliusHaufniensis 2 місяці тому

    Love the vibe!

  • @moss.neobisid
    @moss.neobisid 2 місяці тому

    Looks like I’m due my annual rewatch every sherds video

    • @SherdsTube
      @SherdsTube 2 місяці тому

      Ah so touched that you find them worth re-watching! Appreciate it!

  • @MWB12
    @MWB12 2 місяці тому

    This is such a great channel, Thank you Sherd. The Literary Sherpa!

    • @SherdsTube
      @SherdsTube 2 місяці тому

      My absolute pleasure!

  • @kieranforster4815
    @kieranforster4815 2 місяці тому

    seeing this late tonight, I was transported again to the shores of the Island of Sherdstube, that unique place where story and place and haunting music come together in a most beautifully dissociative way. There is no other place online that truly allows what philosopher Byung-chul Han would call the art of lingering to be practised. Thank you again Sam.

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  • @jukka.r.2067
    @jukka.r.2067 2 місяці тому

    Some more quality stuff

  • @shoresofpatmos
    @shoresofpatmos 2 місяці тому

    Love the guitar bits so much. In general your videography and music choice is great!

    • @SherdsTube
      @SherdsTube 2 місяці тому

      Ah very pleased to hear that. Actually, much of the music in my videos - with some exceptions where I sample/manipulate other things - is written and recorded by me. Very happy you enjoy it - it's one of the most fun parts of making the videos for me.

  • @shoresofpatmos
    @shoresofpatmos 2 місяці тому

    Reading list updated!!

  • @conordaedalus
    @conordaedalus 2 місяці тому

    Please don't take such a long break between videos again

  • @philstrand
    @philstrand 2 місяці тому

    Just this morning, I was thinking it seemed time for a new sherd to drop! I've been drawn to Japanese women writers over the past few years, and Mieko Kawakami has become one of my favorite writers. I highly recommend her powerful novella Heaven. Been meaning to read Izumi Suzuki for a while now. Excited to check out the authors you mentioned. I wonder if you've read or are familiar with the novel Out by Natsuo Kirino. It is a feminist noir crime/horror novel that goes about as dark as a novel can go. Unlike any other story I've encountered. Really one to check out when you're in the mood for a twisted, intense Japanese crime novel. Thanks for these meditations!

    • @SherdsTube
      @SherdsTube 2 місяці тому

      I actually picked up 'Heaven', too, and almost covered it in this video, but changed my mind at the last moment. Of the five, Fumiko Enchi was probably my favourite. I can't wait to read more of her work. I know of 'Out', but I haven't read it yet, I'm afraid. Speaking of crime novels, I also picked up the two 'Lady Joker' books by Kaoru Takamura. Have you come across those, by any chance? Really glad you enjoyed the video! :)

    • @philstrand
      @philstrand 2 місяці тому

      @@SherdsTube I've not come across the Lady Joker novels by Takamura. Working as a bookseller, I've just had them put on order to add to the store shelves and am eager to check them out. I've been amassing Japanese crime novels by Masaka Togawa, Yukito Ayatsuji, Soji Shimada, and Seishi Yokomizo for my personal collection. I sense a crime spree in my future...that being of the Japanese fictional variety, just to be clear.

  • @arthurtwoshed
    @arthurtwoshed 2 місяці тому

    As always a highly inspiring, beautiful video. Thank you so much for this. Greetings from New Zealand.

    • @SherdsTube
      @SherdsTube 2 місяці тому

      Ah really appreciate the kind words! Thank you! :)

  • @Qscrisp
    @Qscrisp 2 місяці тому

    "a taste-making uncle"!

    • @SherdsTube
      @SherdsTube 2 місяці тому

      Haha for us, anyway! Not sure about his clout in the outside world! :)

    • @Qscrisp
      @Qscrisp 2 місяці тому

      @@SherdsTube Judging by his recommendations, he's definitely my kind of guy.

  • @TheSalMaris
    @TheSalMaris 2 місяці тому

    Well, you've done it again with another lovely atmospheric video that propels me towards book stores in search of your recommendations. I didn't know before I watched this that I must read Japanese women writers. Now I do. Thank you very much.

    • @SherdsTube
      @SherdsTube 2 місяці тому

      Thanks so much! Haha, I've got to stop doing that ;)

  • @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk
    @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk 2 місяці тому

    Fantastic effort here on putting this together. Best wishes.

    • @SherdsTube
      @SherdsTube 2 місяці тому

      Haha it did take forever to make! Thanks so much. :)

  • @waidsim1863
    @waidsim1863 2 місяці тому

    Thank you!

  • @moss.neobisid
    @moss.neobisid 2 місяці тому

    Oh man, just what I needed.

    • @SherdsTube
      @SherdsTube 2 місяці тому

      Very glad I could provide it!

  • @priyankadubey1418
    @priyankadubey1418 2 місяці тому

    MY GOD ! I have just started Watching the video …and it’s going to take a long time to finish …I will finish it in two or three sittings …but I am hooked right from the start ! The visuals …the setting …your beautiful country…and your engaging insightful words …everything is so captivating! Congratulations on making such a long video on the women writers of Japan ..I am very intrigued and excited to watch this . All my best wishes and love ( I will comment here again after finishing the video piece )

    • @SherdsTube
      @SherdsTube 2 місяці тому

      Hi Priyanka! Ah, you're so kind! I really appreciate you taking the time to watch it - I know it's a big time commitment. I hope there's some nourishment in it for you. :)

  • @BlindCentipede
    @BlindCentipede 2 місяці тому

    Have you try to tackle the two big Monogatari?

    • @SherdsTube
      @SherdsTube 2 місяці тому

      Not yet! They're both waiting patiently on the bookshelf. ;)

    • @BlindCentipede
      @BlindCentipede 2 місяці тому

      ​@@SherdsTube I am also waiting for them to call to me. Do you have any plan to read the 6 Chinese classic?

    • @SherdsTube
      @SherdsTube 2 місяці тому

      Not at the moment, but perhaps at a moment of greater stamina! ;)

  • @ricardojimenez8650
    @ricardojimenez8650 3 місяці тому

    Revisiting your videos again and again. They are multilayered and full of amazing multidisciplinar connections. Thank you!!!

  • @maxwellpeterson3974
    @maxwellpeterson3974 3 місяці тому

    Might just’ve been reading a bit too much Ligotti, mate. Just kidding. I feel this too, definitely. I still hit books all the time that I absolutely love, and which open my skull up and eggbeat my brains deliciously. (Been bingeing PKD this summer, and a few others-Nevil Shute’s ‘On the Beach,’ Robert L. Forward’s ’Dragon’s Egg,’ Evelyn Piper’s ’Bunny Lake is Missing,’ etc.) Honestly, when I need a transformative literary experience, I turn to Alan Moore. Swamp Thing, V for Vendetta, Voice of the Fire, Jerusalem…his prose is intricate, elegant, eloquent, lush and luxuriant, rhythmic to the point nearly of independent life sometimes, pulsing in the mind. Big fan of this channel, and what you’re doing. Great work, guy.

  • @maxwellpeterson3974
    @maxwellpeterson3974 3 місяці тому

    Beautiful. It’s heartening to hear other readers espouse this view. Love the idea of literature as an antidote to some of the invisible intellectual ruts of modernity. Great video!

  • @MWB12
    @MWB12 3 місяці тому

    Love the channel! Curious on your thoughts of reading one book at a time vs reading two, three at the same time?

  • @16alaba
    @16alaba 3 місяці тому

    I feel that Im being 🎉 lucky finding your channel here on youtube.

  • @sirfaditya
    @sirfaditya 3 місяці тому

    Please add subtitles too.

  • @PenangGalAntics
    @PenangGalAntics 4 місяці тому

    You look deeply disturbed by this book! I don’t think I’ll read it.

  • @kieranforster4815
    @kieranforster4815 4 місяці тому

    Keep coming back to ur channel, noticing that I had been unsubscribed btw, …..man, you’re becoming a national treasure I fear

  • @MichaelSlovin
    @MichaelSlovin 4 місяці тому

    Beautiful work as usual. Have you ever considered writing a fantasy novel yourself?