During the week of Sept. 16, Nobuko Fujita, a recently retired California State University, Los Angeles professor stepped into the role of teaching Japanese 1A at Pomona College. This mid-semester change in class leadership comes after previous Japanese 1A Professor Mari Lopez had to step away for medical reasons, with
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Word for Word: Finding solace in Osamu Dazai’s ‘Schoolgirl’
Could a young girl possibly identify with a female character written by a man? Literature columnist Anna R. Naigeborin PO ’28 writes about her experience reading Modern Japanese author Osamu Dazai.
Literary wanderings: The haunting brilliance of Kawakami’s ‘Heaven’
Kawakami’s novel “Heaven” is a disturbing and gorgeous depiction of a Japanese middle school, writes book columnist Ryan Lillestrand PZ ’23.