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Michael K. Bourdaghs's Home Page
マイケル･ボーダッシュのホームページ
Welcome! This page contains information about my
work in modern Japanese literature and culture, my
creative writing, my everchanging musical likes and
dislikes, and other useless information. All opinions,
rational conclusions, emotional outbursts, etc., are my
own. All errors are the fault of someone else.
マイケル･ボーダッシュのホームページ
Welcome! This page contains information about my
work in modern Japanese literature and culture, my
creative writing, my everchanging musical likes and
dislikes, and other useless information. All opinions,
rational conclusions, emotional outbursts, etc., are my
own. All errors are the fault of someone else.
Artwork by Versea Bourdaghs (1941-2008)
Here is where I list additions to my CD collection. The format is suggested by the lovely
logbooks, hand sewn and as hefty as a wizard’s spell book, found at the Peter Pan coffee shop
in Sendai, Japan. There, Nagasaki-san, the master, records every CD he buys. At first, he
merely jots down an explanatory comment or two; then, after a month or two has passed, he
writes down a rating for the CD. The CDs are listed in order of acquisition; some never quite
get a rating, while for others the rating sometimes shifts. Five stars is the highest possible
score. (Last updated on 1/22/10)
logbooks, hand sewn and as hefty as a wizard’s spell book, found at the Peter Pan coffee shop
in Sendai, Japan. There, Nagasaki-san, the master, records every CD he buys. At first, he
merely jots down an explanatory comment or two; then, after a month or two has passed, he
writes down a rating for the CD. The CDs are listed in order of acquisition; some never quite
get a rating, while for others the rating sometimes shifts. Five stars is the highest possible
score. (Last updated on 1/22/10)
All contents copyright 2003-2010 by Michael K. Bourdaghs
Recent Scholarly Publications:
(Complete listing available here; last upated on 1/1/10)
(Complete listing available here; last upated on 1/1/10)
The Dawn That Never Comes: Shimazaki Toson and Japanese Nationalism, Columbia
University Press (2003). Here's the publisher's blurb on the book. You can order if from
Amazon.com (US$59.50 plus shipping) by clicking the icon below.
University Press (2003). Here's the publisher's blurb on the book. You can order if from
Amazon.com (US$59.50 plus shipping) by clicking the icon below.
"Tenko to kindai Nihon bungakushi to iu monogatari no seiritsu: Showa 10-nen zengo ni
okeru Shimazaki Toson no saihyoka" (Political apostasy and the establishment of the
narrative of modern Japanese literary history), in Bungaku Shiso Konwa Kai, editors, Kindai
no yume to chisei: Bungaku shiso no Showa 10-nendai (Tokyo: Kanrin Shobo, 2000), a
collection of new essays on Japanese intellectual and cultural history from the 1930s. You
can order it from Amazon.co.jp (5800 yen plus shipping) by clicking the icon below.
okeru Shimazaki Toson no saihyoka" (Political apostasy and the establishment of the
narrative of modern Japanese literary history), in Bungaku Shiso Konwa Kai, editors, Kindai
no yume to chisei: Bungaku shiso no Showa 10-nendai (Tokyo: Kanrin Shobo, 2000), a
collection of new essays on Japanese intellectual and cultural history from the 1930s. You
can order it from Amazon.co.jp (5800 yen plus shipping) by clicking the icon below.
A friend once told me that if you want to earn the right to talk about films, you need to see at
least 100 different titles every year. So my challenge to myself is to see at least a hundred
movies each year. Here is where I keep track of how many I have seen so far this year.
Current total for the year: 11 (Last updated on 2/5/10). The 88 films I saw in 2009 are
cataloged here.
least 100 different titles every year. So my challenge to myself is to see at least a hundred
movies each year. Here is where I keep track of how many I have seen so far this year.
Current total for the year: 11 (Last updated on 2/5/10). The 88 films I saw in 2009 are
cataloged here.
Recent Fiction and Creative Writing:
(Complete listing available here; last updated on 1/2/10)
(Complete listing available here; last updated on 1/2/10)
"Invasive Species," short story, published in Avery:
An Anthology of New Fiction, #4 (2009). The
Emperor of Japan takes historical responsibility, one
fish at a time.
Translations of haiku by Kikaku that I did for the
February 2004 special "Japan" issue of
BigCityLit.com, which I guest-edited together with
Tomer Inbar.
"Memoirs of a Geist," short story, published in
Hawai'i Pacific Review, Vol. 16 (2002). Man walks
into a bar; turns out he's Hegel's Geist. You can
read it on-line here.
"Disorientation Day," short story, published in
Colere, Vol. 2 (2002). Rockabilly meets Husker Du
on the streets of Tokyo, circa 1987. You can read it
on-line here.
"A Hazard of New Fortunes," short story, published
in Elysian Fields Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 1 (2002).
Kuki Shuzo and the Minnesota Twins, together at
last.... You can read a sample and order a copy here.
"Sister Carrie," short story, published under pen
name Kevin Michaels (don't ask why) in Elysian
Fields Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 2 (1998). You can
read it on-line here.
An Anthology of New Fiction, #4 (2009). The
Emperor of Japan takes historical responsibility, one
fish at a time.
Translations of haiku by Kikaku that I did for the
February 2004 special "Japan" issue of
BigCityLit.com, which I guest-edited together with
Tomer Inbar.
"Memoirs of a Geist," short story, published in
Hawai'i Pacific Review, Vol. 16 (2002). Man walks
into a bar; turns out he's Hegel's Geist. You can
read it on-line here.
"Disorientation Day," short story, published in
Colere, Vol. 2 (2002). Rockabilly meets Husker Du
on the streets of Tokyo, circa 1987. You can read it
on-line here.
"A Hazard of New Fortunes," short story, published
in Elysian Fields Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 1 (2002).
Kuki Shuzo and the Minnesota Twins, together at
last.... You can read a sample and order a copy here.
"Sister Carrie," short story, published under pen
name Kevin Michaels (don't ask why) in Elysian
Fields Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 2 (1998). You can
read it on-line here.
Kamei Hideo, Transformations of Sensibility: The Phenomenology of Meiji Literature,
translation edited and with an introduction by Michael Bourdaghs, University of Michigan
Center for Japanese Studies Publications, 2002. You can read the publisher's blurb on the
book here. You can order it from the publisher (US$60 plus shipping); ordering information
via Amazon.com is also available by clicking the icon below.
translation edited and with an introduction by Michael Bourdaghs, University of Michigan
Center for Japanese Studies Publications, 2002. You can read the publisher's blurb on the
book here. You can order it from the publisher (US$60 plus shipping); ordering information
via Amazon.com is also available by clicking the icon below.
NEW: COMING SOON!!! Michael K. Bourdaghs, editor, The Linguistic Turn in
Contemporary Japanese Literary Criticism: Politics, Textuality, Language (forthcoming in
2010 from University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies Publications).
Natsume Soseki, Theory of Literature and Other Critical Writings, edited by Michael K.
Bourdaghs, Atsuko Ueda, and Joseph A. Murphy, Columbia University Press (2009). The
publisher's blurb is here. You can order it from Amazon.com (US$50.00 plus shipping).
Contemporary Japanese Literary Criticism: Politics, Textuality, Language (forthcoming in
2010 from University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies Publications).
Natsume Soseki, Theory of Literature and Other Critical Writings, edited by Michael K.
Bourdaghs, Atsuko Ueda, and Joseph A. Murphy, Columbia University Press (2009). The
publisher's blurb is here. You can order it from Amazon.com (US$50.00 plus shipping).
