Ginny Tapley Takemori

Feb 14, 2024 | electricliterature.com | Jen Beagin |Sayaka Murata |Ginny Tapley Takemori |Julia Armfield

Ah yes. Literature. The vehicle through which we may explore faraway lives we would have otherwise never imagined. From my little, rugged armchair, I can witness forbidden love in the 18th century. Peek into a bustling kitchen in New York City. Discover the dramatic betrayal that fractured the hottest band of the ’70s. But sometimes, I just want to read about someone going through the same shit as me. Nothing cures a pain quite like finding yourself reflected in a piece of literature.

Oct 30, 2023 | bookanista.com | Ginny Tapley Takemori

I am writing this now in my home in rural Ibaraki, just north of Tokyo, which I share with my husband and our three cats. We bought this old house ten years ago, did a major renovation on it, and moved in just over eight years ago. As we were moving in, one of our new neighbours asked me if we wanted a kitten – or three. Their feral mother had been run over, and our neighbours had taken pity on the kittens, which they had been keeping in a cage in their company office for a couple of weeks.

Oct 26, 2023 | powells.com | Banana Yoshimoto |Marie NDiaye |Sayaka Murata |Ginny Tapley Takemori

As I write this, the weather outside has gone from sunny to gloomy and rainy: perfect reading weather. To celebrate, we’ve pulled together a list of our favorite works in translation published this last month.