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David S. Wills

A newsletter about Japanese literature in translation.

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News About Haruki Murakami's Next Novel

Readers of this newsletter will no doubt be aware that Haruki Murakami has a new novel coming soon. In fact, it will be published in Japan in less than a month.

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First Lines: How Haruki Murakami starts his books

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  • David S. Wills

    I am the editor of Beatdom literary journal and the author of books on William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Hunter S. Thompson, and Haruki Murakami. I live on a farm in Cambodia and raise goats and geese.

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