Jeffrey Angles
Writer, translator, and professor of Japanese known for award-winning translations and scholarship; translator of Hiromi Ito's The Thorn Puller and speaker about Japanese literature and translation.
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Mar 20, 2026 • 45min
Hiromi Ito, "The Thorn Puller" (Stone Bridge Press, 2022)
Jeffrey Angles, translator and professor of Japanese known for award-winning translations, discusses Hiromi Ito’s The Thorn Puller. He traces how the translation came to be and Ito’s blend of prose and poetry. They explore her provocative themes of motherhood and sexuality, her play with quotations and hybrid storytelling, and the book’s ties to Sugamo rituals, aging, and place.
Mar 20, 2026 • 45min
Hiromi Ito, "The Thorn Puller" (Stone Bridge Press, 2022)
Jeffrey Angles, translator and professor of Japanese known for award-winning translations, discusses translating Hiromi Ito’s The Thorn Puller. He talks about discovering Ito’s work and their close collaborative process. He describes the book’s hybrid mix of prose and poetry, its sekyobushi influences, and themes of aging, caregiving, and Sugamo’s ritual place in the narrative.
Mar 20, 2026 • 45min
Hiromi Ito, "The Thorn Puller" (Stone Bridge Press, 2022)
Jeffrey Angles, translator and professor of Japanese known for prize-winning translations, discusses Hiromi Ito’s The Thorn Puller. He recounts discovering Ito, her groundbreaking 1980s poetry on pregnancy and sexuality, and her later turn to immigrant life and death. He also explores the translation process, Ito’s blend of prose and poetry, and the Sugamo thorn-pulling Jizo motif.
