Strange loop: a writer of whom I& #39;m very fond - @katiekitamura - just reviewed the new novel by Mieko Kawakami for @nytimesbooks Kawakami sounds great 1/n https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/books/review/breasts-and-eggs-mieko-kawakami.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/0...

Katie situates Kawakami in a stellar group of Japanese women writing now, such as Yuko Tsushima, Yoko Tawada Yoko Ogawa, Hiromi Kawakami, Sayaka Murata, Yukiko Motoya, Hiroko Oyamada 2/n

She points out that Haruki Murakami has taken up a lot of light and air, at least internationally. And his depictions of women are & #39;troublingly thin& #39;. This was definitely a problem in Killing Commendatore, which I reviewed for @nytimesbooks 3/n https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/books/review/haruki-murakami-killing-commendatore.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/1...

And now, closing the loop, Kawakami has done a *very* dry interview with Murakami, mostly about why a 12 year old character mostly talks to his narrator about her breasts. The knife is inserted so politely that he doesn& #39;t even notice it& #39;s there /end https://lithub.com/a-feminist-critique-of-murakami-novels-with-murakami-himself/">https://lithub.com/a-feminis...