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The Japan Times<p>Looking to diversify your reading list this Pride Month? Dive into these Japanese stories of same-sex love and self-discovery. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/06/11/books/pride-in-translation-lgbtq-fiction/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/</span><span class="invisible">06/11/books/pride-in-translation-lgbtq-fiction/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pride</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yukiomishima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yukiomishima</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meredithweatherby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meredithweatherby</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bananayoshimoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bananayoshimoto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meganbackus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meganbackus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kaoriekuni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kaoriekuni</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emishimokawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emishimokawa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/natsuokirino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>natsuokirino</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philipgabriel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philipgabriel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harukimurakami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harukimurakami</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/likotomi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>likotomi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arthurreijimorris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arthurreijimorris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/akiraotani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>akiraotani</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sambett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sambett</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nobukoyoshiya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nobukoyoshiya</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/marimori" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marimori</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hisaohiruma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hisaohiruma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/makototakayama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>makototakayama</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/naokawamoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>naokawamoto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/joseando" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>joseando</span></a></p>
TheEdinburghBookshop<p>Some wonderful new <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/GraphicNovels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GraphicNovels</span></a> arriving on our shelves: Ginseng Roots, a graphic memoir by Craig Thompson, author of the superb Blankets (pub Faber), Kengo Kurimoto's landscape-format Wildful (Pushkin Press) &amp; JC Deveney's manga adaptations of Haruki Murakami short stories (Tuttle Publishing)</p><p><a href="https://bookish.community/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/livres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>livres</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/BandeDessinee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BandeDessinee</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/Comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comics</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/bookshops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookshops</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/librairies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librairies</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/HarukiMurakami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarukiMurakami</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/JCDeveney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JCDeveney</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/manga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manga</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/CraigThompson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CraigThompson</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/GinsengRoots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GinsengRoots</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/Wildful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wildful</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/KengoKurimoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KengoKurimoto</span></a></p>
Dope Old Person<p><a href="https://borahae.love/tags/btshomecoming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>btshomecoming</span></a> </p><p>Fav hidden track</p><p>It's a competition of Path vs Sea, because of course it took me ages to find out about them both... </p><p>But SEA wins because I recently read this incredibly long mad story for the one line from SEA which runs around my head in my bad Korean </p><p>희망이 있는 곳엔 반드시 시련이 있네<br>Wherever there’s hope, there’s a trial</p><p>( And it's probably a very true line?) </p><p><a href="https://borahae.love/tags/harukimurakami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harukimurakami</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>NHK's “After the Quake” brings Haruki Murakami’s work to television for the first time to examine the ripple effects of past major disasters across Japanese society. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/04/03/tv-streaming/after-the-quake-haruki-murakami/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/</span><span class="invisible">04/03/tv-streaming/after-the-quake-haruki-murakami/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tvstreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tvstreaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harukimurakami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harukimurakami</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/afterthequake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>afterthequake</span></a> #311 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greateastjapanearthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greateastjapanearthquake</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/earthquakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>earthquakes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greathanshinearthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greathanshinearthquake</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/covid19injapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>covid19injapan</span></a></p>
Luigi. . 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇮🇷🇵🇷🇻🇪<p>"En la vida de todos hay un punto de no retorno. Y en muy pocos casos, un punto en el que ya no puedes seguir adelante. Y cuando lleguemos a ese punto, todo lo que podemos hacer es aceptar silenciosamente el hecho. Así es como sobrevivimos ".</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HarukiMurakami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarukiMurakami</span></a> , Kafka en la costa</p><p>Ilustración Rena Drago</p>
The Japan Times<p>A new version of “End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland,” rendered into English by the author's longtime translator, brings the fan favorite closer to the original text. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/12/16/books/haruki-murakami-end-of-the-world-and-hard-boiled-wonderland/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/</span><span class="invisible">12/16/books/haruki-murakami-end-of-the-world-and-hard-boiled-wonderland/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harukimurakami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harukimurakami</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jayrubin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jayrubin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>From the deadly serious and deeply weird to the fluffiest of diversions, Japanese literature in the 2020s is a booming and eclectic realm. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/12/15/books/japanese-literature-translation/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/</span><span class="invisible">12/15/books/japanese-literature-translation/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/miekokawakami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>miekokawakami</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sayakamurata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sayakamurata</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yumiri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yumiri</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asakoyuzuki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>asakoyuzuki</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yokoogawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yokoogawa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yokotawada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yokotawada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hiromikawakami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hiromikawakami</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harukimurakami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harukimurakami</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” released this week in English, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/11/19/books/haruki-murakami-the-city-and-its-uncertain-walls/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/</span><span class="invisible">11/19/books/haruki-murakami-the-city-and-its-uncertain-walls/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harukimurakami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harukimurakami</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thecityanditsuncertainwalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thecityanditsuncertainwalls</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a></p>
Flipboard Culture Desk<p>The English translation of Haruki Murakami's first novel in six years is set for release next week. Called "The City and its Uncertain Walls," it's another genre-defying book, with some of Murakami's trademark motifs including jazz, coffee, and the Beatles. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@npr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>npr</span></a></span> interviewed the multi-award-winning Japanese writer about the book's origins, his thoughts on getting older, and his abiding love for "The Great Gatsby."</p><p>Link: <a href="https://flip.it/.4oXYH" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/.4oXYH</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/HarukiMurakami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarukiMurakami</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Murakami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Murakami</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewBooks</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Pierre Foldes' beautiful adaptation of six Haruki Murakami stories features one of the author's most memorable characters, who injects the film with self-aware humor. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/07/20/film/haruki-murakami-blind-willow-sleeping-woman-film/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/</span><span class="invisible">07/20/film/haruki-murakami-blind-willow-sleeping-woman-film/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harukimurakami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harukimurakami</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pierrefoldes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pierrefoldes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/animation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>animation</span></a></p>
Enric :estelada: :paisoscat:<p>Just finished reading <a href="https://mastodont.cat/tags/harukimurakami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harukimurakami</span></a> 's last novel and well, it's kinda ok but it's not even close to other previous novels such as 1Q48, Kafka on the Shore, Tokio Blues... Have you read it yet?<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodont.cat/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>An English version of "The City and Its Uncertain Walls" won't come out till the fall, which gives you time to read it unspoiled in its original language. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2024/04/19/language/how-to-read-haruki-murakami-in-japanese/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/life/2024/04/</span><span class="invisible">19/language/how-to-read-haruki-murakami-in-japanese/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nihongo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nihongo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vocabulary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vocabulary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harukimurakami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harukimurakami</span></a></p>
Riddles 🏳️‍🌈<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://c.im/@RIDDLES" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RIDDLES</span></a></span> <br>Happy birthday <a href="https://c.im/tags/HarukiMurakami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarukiMurakami</span></a> Art by Brad Heckman</p>
William Kretschmer<p>Haruki Murakami<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HarukiMurakami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarukiMurakami</span></a></p>
William Kretschmer<p>Finished reading<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HarukiMurakami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarukiMurakami</span></a></p>
Barbara J. King<p>Just finished Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami. Superb insights into his fiction writing process, helping me even though I write nonfiction. I'm a Murakami fan anyway, my 'gateway drug' into exploring Japanese fiction. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HarukiMurakami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarukiMurakami</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Japanesefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japanesefiction</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Author Haruki Murakami, whose surreal works peppered with references to pop culture have earned him a cult following, has won one of Spain's top literary prizes. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/05/24/general/murakami-spain-prize/?utm_content=buffer66958&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_campaign=bffmstdn" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/</span><span class="invisible">05/24/general/murakami-spain-prize/?utm_content=buffer66958&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_campaign=bffmstdn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harukimurakami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harukimurakami</span></a></p>
Charlotte Walker<p>Just got this email:</p><p>It’s true: a new <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HarukiMurakami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarukiMurakami</span></a> novel—his first since 2017’s Killing Commendatore—will be published on April 13th . . . but only in Japan. Sorry to tease you, English-speaking readers! Still, not to fret: I’m sure this means that translations are forthcoming.</p><p>Ach! They are killing me with this teaser <a href="https://mas.to/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Mark McElroy<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://writing.exchange/@ellenmorrisprewitt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ellenmorrisprewitt</span></a></span> There's a wonderful process <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/HarukiMurakami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarukiMurakami</span></a> writes about in <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/1Q84" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1Q84</span></a>, where a novelist character writes difficult scenes by over-doing it (lots of florid detail, everything that comes to mind), then under-doing it (stripping away everything considered absolutely not essential), and then repeating expansions and contractions until he reaches a point where the text lacks nothing and contains nothing extra. </p><p>I've tried it, with good results. <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/RainyDayActivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RainyDayActivity</span></a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fiction</span></a></p>
EllenInEdmonton :mstdnca:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://disabled.social/@vlrny" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vlrny</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DavidMitchell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidMitchell</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/HarukiMurakami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarukiMurakami</span></a>, and <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NealStephenson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NealStephenson</span></a> are all surreal and multilayered and their books are fat! The last few years, I've tried to <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DiversifyYourBookshelf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DiversifyYourBookshelf</span></a> and read at least half of my books by writers with a different ethnocultural and/or sexuality than mine so that's taken me in a lot of interesting new directions.</p>