WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2026
7:00–8:00 PM
Moderator: Roland Kelts, contributing editor of MONKEY New Writing from Japan
Host: Prof. Ted Mack, University of Washington's Center for Japanese Studies
Location: Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Ave., Seattle, WA, 98122
Seattle writer Rebecca Brown sits down with Japanese authors Hideo Furukawa and Tomoka Shibasaki to discuss MONKEY New Writing from Japan. They are joined by contributing editor Roland Kelts and MONKEY founder Motoyuki Shibata. MONKEY New Writing from Japan is the English-language offspring of the Tokyo-based Japanese literary journal MONKEY.