Events

Book Launch: Jiuta Sōkyoku Lyrics and Explanations

May 09, 2024

• Location:
• Online

• Tags:
• Book Launch
• Christopher Yohmei Blasdel

Christopher Yohmei BLASDEL (ACC 1997) releases his new research book, Jiuta Sōkyoku Lyrics and Explanations. 

Bathhouse and Other Tanka

November 07, 2023

• Location:
• Online

• Tags:
• Book Launch
• ACC Alumni
• Alumni Event
• Tatsuhiko Ishii

This first US publication by the legendary tanka master of love, homoerotic desire, and destruction, Tatsuhiko Ishii (ACCH Japan 1997, 1999), will be available on November 7, 2023.

SUNRISE and TRINITY, TRINITY, TRINITY Book Tour

October 30, 2023 - November 03, 2023

• Tags:
• Book Launch
• Alumni Event
• ACC Alumni
• Erika Kobayashi

Author Erika Kobayashi (ACC 2007) and translator Brian Bergstrom will be touring Portland, Los Angeles, and New York for the release of their new books SUNRISE and TRINITY, TRINITY, TRINITY. This tour was made possible by the Yanai Initiative, the Japan Foundation and AstraHouse.

The Way of Washi Tales: Conversation & Book Launch

February 23, 2023

• Location:
• New Jersey

• Tags:
• Conversation
• Book Launch
• ACC Alumni
• Alumni Events
• Elise Thoron
• Karen Kandel
• Sonoko Soeda
• Shonosuke Okura
• Makiko Sakurai

Join Kyoko Ibe and Elise Thoron (ACC 2008, 2010) for a celebratory conversation of their new book: The Way of Washi Tales featuring a cross-culture story of collaboration, bilingual performance, and the power of a simple natural material - washi - changing the trajectory of their lives. This event is free and open to the public.