Interview with Emiko Jean, author of Tokyo Ever After| Listen on Anghami

Oct 9

Beyond the Label: Stories of Disability & Awareness

In this episode of Book Lounge by Libby, we’re going Beyond the Label to explore stories of disability, neurodivergence, and chronic illness — both on and off the page. In Segment 1, Joe is joined by Marie Myung-Ok Lee, who opens up about her experiences as a mother to a child wi ... Show More

1h 42m

Oct 2

Back to School, Back to Books: Comfort Reads for Kids (and their grown-ups)

It’s back-to-school season, which means new routines, new books, and maybe even a little extra stress for kids (and the adults who love them). To help ease the transition, we’re diving into comfort reads for Middle Grade and YA readers. In this episode, Joe is joined by the incre ... Show More

1h 36m

Sep 25

Finding Inspiration Again: Breaking out of Reading Ruts & Writing Slumps

Season 2 kicks off with a deep dive into those all-too-familiar reading ruts and writing slumps. In this episode, we explore how to find inspiration again—both on the page and in life. In Segment 1, join me with Neal Shusterman, New York Times bestselling author of over thirty aw ... Show More

1h 50m

May 2021

Emiko Jean - TOKYO EVER AFTER

Emiko and I discuss her latest book Tokyo Ever After, how drafting this book helped her reconcile her own identity, her writing process and how it has evolved, why it took her a while to write this book, what a privilege it is to blend in, how her stunning cover came about, viewi ... Show More

27m 5s

Sep 2022

Writing about Japan's "Have-Nots"

In this episode…Post-bubble Japan.The history of socially-conscious Japanese literature.And Yu Miri’s Tokyo Ueno Station, a powerful examination of Tokyo by one of the most invisible people imaginable—the ghost of a homeless day laborer. Notes and sources at the podcast episode w ... Show More

44m 24s

Sep 2020

Akwaeke Emezi and Louisa Joyner: The Death of Vivek Oji

Igbo and Tamil writer and artist Akwaeke Emezi's mesmerising first novel Freshwater was published to universal acclaim in 2018, and was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. Their second book was Pet, a novel for young adults that raised difficult and pertinent questions ... Show More

48m 47s

Jul 2021

Revisit: Tokyo Idols and Urban Life

Tokyo used to be presented as the ultimate hyper-modern city. But after years of economic recession the Tokyo of today has another side. A site of alienation and loneliness, anxiety about conformity and identity, it is a place where self-professed 'geeks' (or 'otaku'), mostly sin ... Show More

44m 20s

Feb 2024

Misogyny and Yukio Mishima, Part 2

In part two of this two-part episode on misogyny in Japanese literature, we're talking about the life and work of Yukio Mishima, especially by way of his I-Novel, Confessions of a Mask.Check out part one for400 years of attitudes about women in JapanWoman in modern Japanese ... Show More

39m 40s

Feb 2024

Misogyny and Yukio Mishima, Part 1

In part one of this two-part episode, we're talking about misogyny in Japanese literature. 400 years of attitudes about women in JapanWoman in modern Japanese literature, especially in the work of some of its most important writersCheck out part two (coming soon) for the lif ... Show More

46m 38s

Apr 2021

Behind the Story - Illdoit, Billboards in Tokyo and Hiragana

The Behind the Story Series was designed to accompany the regular story episodes and provide more information about the places the goops travel to. While writing for Episode 85 - Illdoit and the Street Signs of Tokyo, I found out so many interesting things about the billboards th ... Show More

14m 17s

Interview with Emiko Jean, author of Tok...