Brian Bergstrom
@brianbergstrom.bsky.social
Lecturer & Literary Translator JPN -> ENG
Current: DILEMMAS OF WORKING WOMEN by Fumio Yamamoto
July 2026: CAPITAL FROM ZERO by Kōhei Saitō
Soon: LOVEAHOLIC by Fumio Yamamoto
Tarte 🥧 and Butt 🌈 Enthusiast (à Montréal)
IG: instagram.com/asa_no_burei
Current: DILEMMAS OF WORKING WOMEN by Fumio Yamamoto
July 2026: CAPITAL FROM ZERO by Kōhei Saitō
Soon: LOVEAHOLIC by Fumio Yamamoto
Tarte 🥧 and Butt 🌈 Enthusiast (à Montréal)
IG: instagram.com/asa_no_burei
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To celebrate the release of Dilemmas in the UK, Foyles asked me to write an essay about Yamamoto and her life and work.
It's up on their site now, and I'd love it if you gave it a look—I love this book, and I'm so excited to have a platform to talk about it
www.foyles.co.uk/further-read...
It's up on their site now, and I'd love it if you gave it a look—I love this book, and I'm so excited to have a platform to talk about it
www.foyles.co.uk/further-read...
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📚💙 Starting tonight: Japanese short story collection The Dilemmas of Working Women by Fumio Yamamoto.
#booksky #books #reading #currentlyreading #shortstories #booksintranslation 🇯🇵
#booksky #books #reading #currentlyreading #shortstories #booksintranslation 🇯🇵
February 7, 2026 at 12:20 AM
📚💙 Starting tonight: Japanese short story collection The Dilemmas of Working Women by Fumio Yamamoto.
#booksky #books #reading #currentlyreading #shortstories #booksintranslation 🇯🇵
#booksky #books #reading #currentlyreading #shortstories #booksintranslation 🇯🇵
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very positive review in the Wall Street Journal film section today..."By highlighting his cinephilia, this wonderful book brings Kurosawa closer to the film buffs who will undoubtedly make up its grateful readership."
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
‘Long Take’ Review: A Director’s Dialogue
Akira Kurosawa loved the films of Charlie Chaplin and John Ford. The Japanese director’s movies often drew on his wide-ranging cinephilia.
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:22 PM
very positive review in the Wall Street Journal film section today..."By highlighting his cinephilia, this wonderful book brings Kurosawa closer to the film buffs who will undoubtedly make up its grateful readership."
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
February 6, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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Security Gamera
February 4, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Security Gamera
Nice review!
I'm glad you had a good time reading, I had a good one translating 🥰
I'm glad you had a good time reading, I had a good one translating 🥰
February 4, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Nice review!
I'm glad you had a good time reading, I had a good one translating 🥰
I'm glad you had a good time reading, I had a good one translating 🥰
Panic! At the Curling Rink
February 4, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Panic! At the Curling Rink
New Saitō stuff alert ✊
In case you missed it, the 2025 Area Development and Policy Annual Lecture paper is a must-read.
Rentier capitalism, technofascism and the destruction of the common by Kohei Saito & Ryuji Sasaki
doi.org/10.1080/2379...
@regstud.bsky.social
Rentier capitalism, technofascism and the destruction of the common by Kohei Saito & Ryuji Sasaki
doi.org/10.1080/2379...
@regstud.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
New Saitō stuff alert ✊
The two most thoughtful and impactful reviews earned by Dilemmas of Working Women ran in the AP and the Washington Post.
And now neither of those book sections exist.
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
And now neither of those book sections exist.
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
February 4, 2026 at 2:13 PM
The two most thoughtful and impactful reviews earned by Dilemmas of Working Women ran in the AP and the Washington Post.
And now neither of those book sections exist.
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
And now neither of those book sections exist.
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
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The Nation’s homepage today is dedicated entirely to Gaza and its people. Despite a so-called ceasefire, bombings continue, hunger persists, aid trickles, and hundreds of thousands live in threadbare tents.
Today, as Gaza continues to be stuck in a bloody limbo, we are turning our website over to Gaza and its people in an initiative we are calling “A Day for Gaza.” There will be no pieces published on our website today that do not come directly from Gaza.
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
www.thenation.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
The Nation’s homepage today is dedicated entirely to Gaza and its people. Despite a so-called ceasefire, bombings continue, hunger persists, aid trickles, and hundreds of thousands live in threadbare tents.
wanna see someone get skinned alive without them even knowing it
February 1, 2026 at 11:37 PM
wanna see someone get skinned alive without them even knowing it
There is something really indicative of the times about Slow Down and Braiding Sweetgrass being the only non-romance titles on this list 🥰
A list to help keep me on track with my February reading. Although who knows what will happen!
This year I’m saying yes to the group read. They throw my carefully planned TBR into disarray, but reading in community is alot of fun.
#booksky #romancelandia
This year I’m saying yes to the group read. They throw my carefully planned TBR into disarray, but reading in community is alot of fun.
#booksky #romancelandia
February 1, 2026 at 9:40 PM
There is something really indicative of the times about Slow Down and Braiding Sweetgrass being the only non-romance titles on this list 🥰
What a list 🥰
The Dilemmas of Working Women by Fumio Yamamoto
Revenge by Yoko Ogawa
To the Kennels: And Other Stories by Hye-Young Pyun
How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa
Revenge by Yoko Ogawa
To the Kennels: And Other Stories by Hye-Young Pyun
How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa
February 1, 2026 at 8:09 PM
What a list 🥰
February 1, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Highlight of my career, probably
January 31, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Highlight of my career, probably
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Midnight at the Oasis - Waiting for Guffman HD
YouTube video by artfilm33
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 6:26 PM
❤️❤️❤️
January 30, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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I also just reviewed the fun Japanese thriller Hotel Lucky Seven by #KōtarōIsaka. An outstanding and highly entertaining read, Hotel Lucky Seven was an amazing book I couldn't get enough of.
unseenlibrary.com/2026/01/21/h...
unseenlibrary.com/2026/01/21/h...
Hotel Lucky Seven by Kotaro Isaka
Publisher: Harvill Secker (Trade Paperback – 12 November 2025) English Translation: Brian Bergstrom Series: Hitman – Book Four Length: 291 pages My Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Amazon One of J…
unseenlibrary.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:58 AM
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ok the full clip is way better than the little one going around. her whole team try to get her to bail on the event and she's like no, I came to speak. incredible example.
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
January 28, 2026 at 2:13 AM
ok the full clip is way better than the little one going around. her whole team try to get her to bail on the event and she's like no, I came to speak. incredible example.
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I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
January 28, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
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Very early for this, but Erika Kobayashi and I will be in Boulder, Colorado, doing various things at the university during the second week of March—including this lecture on the 11th (the anniversary of the 2011 Tōhoku triple disaster)
Come see us! And if you're a local, get in touch 🫡
Come see us! And if you're a local, get in touch 🫡
January 27, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Very early for this, but Erika Kobayashi and I will be in Boulder, Colorado, doing various things at the university during the second week of March—including this lecture on the 11th (the anniversary of the 2011 Tōhoku triple disaster)
Come see us! And if you're a local, get in touch 🫡
Come see us! And if you're a local, get in touch 🫡