Dear friends, Some months ago, a professor at the University of Tokyo asked me to give a keynote lecture about Shirley Jackson at a conference she was planning on the use of houses in Gothic literature. Naturally, I was thrilled to accept, and this week I had the incredible fortune to visit Japan for the first time. In addition to spending two days at the conference, where I encountered a fascinating community of literary scholars from all over Asia, I had two days to explore Tokyo—not nearly enough, but a start. I saw woodblock prints at the
Big in Japan
Big in Japan
Big in Japan
Dear friends, Some months ago, a professor at the University of Tokyo asked me to give a keynote lecture about Shirley Jackson at a conference she was planning on the use of houses in Gothic literature. Naturally, I was thrilled to accept, and this week I had the incredible fortune to visit Japan for the first time. In addition to spending two days at the conference, where I encountered a fascinating community of literary scholars from all over Asia, I had two days to explore Tokyo—not nearly enough, but a start. I saw woodblock prints at the