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Unbearable Tensions: The Life, Work, and Bizarre Death of Yukio Mishima

October 18, 2025 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Confessions of a Mask, Donald Keene, Henry Scott Stokes, Japan Society New York, Japanese literature, Japanese theater, Julia Hansell Clark, Kinkakuji, Le Tambour de Soie, modern Japan, Noh adaptation, Osamu Dazai, postwar identity, The Damask Drum, The Silk Drum, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Yasunari Kawabata, Yukio Mishima, Yukio Mishima centennial

Remembering a troubled Japanese master on his centenary

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Readers’ 14: October Books We’re Excited To Read

October 2, 2026October 5, 2026 Art McPhail 0

Barbara Kingsolver returns, Chad Harbach finally publishes his long-awaited second novel, Michael Lewis investigates DOGE, Bonnie Garmus heads to 1980s publishing, Adam Grant explores loneliness and more

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Everything That’s Streaming in October 2026

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‘Primetime’ Is Ready for Prime Time, But Maybe That’s About All

September 28, 2026October 1, 2026 Daniel Aaron 0

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Will America Find Japan’s Bestselling Novelist Through ‘Stray Dogs’?

September 27, 2026October 1, 2026 J. Barnes 1

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