Reading Women

Ep. 94 | Breasts and Eggs and The Memory Police


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To close out August, Kendra and Sachi discuss The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa and Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami.

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Things Mentioned
  • Women in Translation Month
  • The Translators Aloud Project
  • Q&A with Deborah Smith
  • Interview with Tina Kover
  • Books Mentioned
    • The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, Translated by Stephen Snyder
    • Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami, Translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd
    • Further Reading
      • Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami, Translated by Allison Markin Powell
      • The Court Dancer by Kyung-sook Shin, Translated by Anton Hur
      • Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto, Translated by Megan Backus
      • Human Acts by Han Kang, Translated by Deborah Smith

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