• The Future of New Writing: Mieko Kawakami

    From Freeman's, Issue Number Four

    Mieko Kawakami has published numerous books including novels, short stories, essays, and prose poems. Her second novella, Breasts and Eggs (2008), won the Akutagawa Prize and was translated into Norwegian, Spanish, French, Chinese, Korean, and other languages. In 2016, Granta selected her for its Best of Young Japanese Novelists volume, which included her story “Marie’s Proof of Love.”

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    Freeman’s is a new biannual of unpublished writing by former Granta editor and NBCC president John Freeman, which brings together the best new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry around a single theme.





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