Ep. 94 | The Memory Police and Breasts and Eggs

To close out August, Kendra and Sachi discuss The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa and Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami.

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Things Mentioned

• Women in Translation Month

• The Translators Aloud Project

• Q&A with Deborah Smith

• Interview with Tina Kover

Books Mentioned

• The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, Translated by Stephen Snyder

• Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami, Translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd

Further Reading

• Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami, Translated by Allison Markin Powell

• The Court Dancer by Kyung-sook Shin, Translated by Anton Hur

• Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto, Translated by Megan Backus

• Human Acts by Han Kang, Translated by Deborah Smith

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Music by Isaac Greene