1. On Writing Japan
(June 2017/Editorial)

...'t speak directly. Rather, her speech is delayed or displaced in deference to the author, as in the case of Mariko Nagai's translation of "December X," an excerpt from Fumiko Hayash...

2. The Year My Mother is Dying
(June 2017/Photography)

by Mariko Nagai Before the Idea of Aging   Going Home for Them   Lovers   Talking Hands   The Beginning of the Journey Home   The Room and Everything Beyond It  

3. Mariko Nagai
(June 2017/Contributors)

Born in Tokyo and raised in Europe and America, Mariko Nagai studied English/Creative Writing—Poetry at New York University. Her numerous honors include the Erich Maria Remarque Fellowship from

4. Songs of the Wandering Years: Hōrōki
(June 2017/Creative non-fiction)

by Fumiko Hayashi (1903-1951), translated into English by Mariko Nagai December X Getting off at the station at the end of the world Following the snow-lit road I enter a sad town slowly It's

5. Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
(June 2017/Front page)

...an, Alfred Birnbaum, Lester Walbrugh, Goro Takano, Blair Reeve   CREATIVE NON-FICTION: Fumiko Hayashi,​ Mariko Nagai, ​ Akira Kisa, Miho Kinnas, ​Jordan A. Y. Smith, ​Naoko Mabon, ​Mei...