Essays
Below is a selection of Eli’s published essays and articles. Some links are to the original publications and others are to pages with adaptations of the original pieces.
2023
Sixty Years of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan (part 1/2) – Nippon.com
Sixty Years of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan (part 2/2) – Nippon.com
2022
Binge by Douglas Coupland – originally in The Malahat Review
2021
『本心』書評：現在の行方に警鐘を鳴らす未来 (Japanese book review) – すばる
2018
生まれ続ける夢たち (Japanese essay) – すばる
Murakami Haruki: Immortal Artist or Falling Star? – originally on Nippon.com
2017
Reference, Repetition and Literary Stardom: Haruki Murakami’s Killing Commendatore – originally in Cha Literary Journal
2015
How to Write Vivid Descriptions – originally on Writer’s Digest
Five Great Genre-Bending Novels Set in Post-1970s Tokyo – originally on Tor.com
2013
Sado Island– originally in the Japan Times
Tokyo’s Wilderness Within – originally in the Japan Times
North Korea Occupies Fukuoka in Murakami’s Alternate World – originally in the Japan Times
2012
Japan’s Ogasawara Islands: One Year After UNESCO – originally in the Japan Times
A Nobel Laureate On Suicide: Kenzaburo Oe and Juzo Itami – originally in the Pacific Rim Review of Books
About The Author
Eli K.P. William is the author of The Jubilee Cycle trilogy (Skyhorse Publishing), a science fiction trilogy set in a dystopian future Tokyo. He also translates Japanese literature, including the bestselling novel A Man (Crossing) by Keiichiro Hirano. His translations, essays, and short stories have appeared in such publications as Granta, The Southern Review, Monkey, and The Malahat Review.
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