MONKEY: New Writing from Japan is the English version of the Tokyo-based Japanese literary journal MONKEY, founded by Motoyuki Shibata, one of Japan’s most acclaimed translators of American fiction.

Vol. 1 was published in 2020 and features stories about Food, translated from the Japanese edition of MONKEY for the first time.  

Good Stories Originate in the Caves of Antiquity 
Haruki Murakami in conversation with Mieko Kawakami
translated by Ted Goossen

Something Sweet
a story by Hiroko Oyamada
translated by David Boyd

Dinner at Mine 
an essay by Tomoka Shibasaki
translated by Polly Barton

Sushi 
a story by Kanoko Okamoto
translated by David Boyd

The Heart of the Lunchbox 
a graphic story by Satoshi Kitamura

Nori and Eggs for Breakfast 
an essay by Kuniko Mukōda
translated by David Boyd

Forest of the Ronpa
a story by Kyōhei Sakaguchi
translated by Sam Malissa

Dimensions: 7 x 10 inches

Print Length: 152 pages