The CodeX Cantina

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! Today we discuss "Insects" by Nagasaki writer Seirai Yuichi. Dealing with the faith and the nuclear bomb. The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqPmLadsGQM&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YCMq1gUDNZyw8nyUKpsLeLU The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-2-qyfNIMY&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YAzACwprb-fV61NP8joEVYq ✨Do you have a Short Story or Novel you'd think we'd like or would want to see us cover? Join our Patreon to pick our reads. 📖 Join our PATREON!: https://www.patreon.com/thecodexcantina ☕️ Buy Us a Coffee/Support my Channel!: https://ko-fi.com/thecodexcantina 🖥️ Talk to us on our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/srGtH98BQb 🐤 Twitter: http://twitter.com/thecodexcantina 📸 Instagram: http://instagram.com/thecodexcantina 💻 The Literary Discourse Discord: https://discord.gg/2YyXPAdRUy 📹 Subscribe to YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzdqkkUKpfRIbCXmiFvqxIw?sub_confirmation=1 ================================== #SeiraiYuichi ======License and Copyright Info====== Song: CodeX Cantina Intro Artist: CodeX Cantina

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! Today we talk about the short story "Dreams of Love, Etc" by Mieko Kawakami. We only have to wait 3 years for Picador to release it in an English collection :D Translated from Japanese by Hitomi Yoshio and found in The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories. Mieko Kawakami Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fi94coiz0Q&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YAZAumLV8EiB6OjS6QK3HaQ The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqPmLadsGQM&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YCMq1gUDNZyw8nyUKpsLeLU ✨Do you have a Short Story or Novel you'd think we'd like or would want to see us cover? Join our Patreon to pick our reads. 📖 Join our PATREON!: https://www.patreon.com/thecodexcantina ☕️ Buy Us a Coffee/Support my Channel!: https://ko-fi.com/thecodexcantina 🖥️ Talk to us on our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/srGtH98BQb 🐤 Twitter: http://twitter.com/thecodexcantina 📸 Instagram: http://instagram.com/thecodexcantina 💻 The Literary Discourse Discord: https://discord.gg/2YyXPAdRUy 📹 Subscribe to YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzdqkkUKpfRIbCXmiFvqxIw?sub_confirmation=1 ================================== #MiekoKawakami #JapaneseLiterature #DreamsofLoveEtc TABLE OF CONTENTS: Future English Release: https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/picador-swoops-for-novel-and-short-story-collection-from-kawakami Link to Listen to Story for Free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBeMKMZG0NM ======License and Copyright Info====== Song: CodeX Cantina Intro Artist: CodeX Cantina

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! Kawabata, Yasunari. "The Silver Fifity-Sen Pieces." Palm of the Hand Stories. Trans. Lane Dunlop & J. Martin Holman. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1988. Yasunari Kawabata Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk9kXbPXgOw&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YCwcFmb4KlAAny8jxjKx6VJ ✨Do you have a Short Story or Novel you'd think we'd like or would want to see us cover? Join our Patreon to pick our reads. 📖 Join our PATREON!: https://www.patreon.com/thecodexcantina ☕️ Buy Us a Coffee/Support my Channel!: https://ko-fi.com/thecodexcantina 🖥️ Talk to us on our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/srGtH98BQb 🐤 Twitter: http://twitter.com/thecodexcantina 📸 Instagram: http://instagram.com/thecodexcantina 💻 The Literary Discourse Discord: https://discord.gg/2YyXPAdRUy 📹 Subscribe to YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzdqkkUKpfRIbCXmiFvqxIw?sub_confirmation=1 ================================== #YasunariKawabata #japaneseliterature #THePenguinBookofJapaneseShortStories ======License and Copyright Info====== Song: CodeX Cantina Intro Artist: CodeX Cantina

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! Ryunosuke Akutagawa does it again with "Kesa and Morito." A 1918 retelling of the classic "The Rise and Fall of the Genji and Heike." Ryunosuke Akutagawa Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Swl-3ma8Lk&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YD4J02nxwzNMelsm5Cv5Ld_ ✨Do you have a Short Story or Novel you'd think we'd like or would want to see us cover? Join our Patreon to pick our reads. 📖 Join our PATREON!: https://www.patreon.com/thecodexcantina ☕️ Buy Us a Coffee/Support my Channel!: https://ko-fi.com/thecodexcantina 🖥️ Talk to us on our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/srGtH98BQb 🐤 Twitter: http://twitter.com/thecodexcantina 📸 Instagram: http://instagram.com/thecodexcantina 💻 The Literary Discourse Discord: https://discord.gg/2YyXPAdRUy 📹 Subscribe to YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzdqkkUKpfRIbCXmiFvqxIw?sub_confirmation=1 ================================== #RyunosukeAkutagawa#KesaandMorito#JapaneseLiterature ======License and Copyright Info====== Song: CodeX Cantina Intro Artist: CodeX Cantina

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! We enter the Public Life section of Dubliners as we talk about James Joyce's favorite story "Ivy Day in the Committee Room." Dubliners Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTgYJiNAeg0&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YC5fRgJ6JpuJ1dw8mJC0SAH James Joyce Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok3LgNktA18&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YBoy7yREia3iSb68vXh1IJw ✨Do you have a Short Story or Novel you'd think we'd like or would want to see us cover? Join our Patreon to pick our reads. 📖 Join our PATREON!: https://www.patreon.com/thecodexcantina ☕️ Buy Us a Coffee/Support my Channel!: https://ko-fi.com/thecodexcantina 🖥️ Talk to us on our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/srGtH98BQb 🐤 Twitter: http://twitter.com/thecodexcantina 📸 Instagram: http://instagram.com/thecodexcantina 💻 The Literary Discourse Discord: https://discord.gg/2YyXPAdRUy 📹 Subscribe to YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzdqkkUKpfRIbCXmiFvqxIw?sub_confirmation=1 ================================== #Dubliners #JamesJoyce ======License and Copyright Info====== Song: CodeX Cantina Intro Artist: CodeX Cantina

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! Akutagawa is back with his famous and autobiographical to an extent "Spinning Gears" which is also translated to "Cogwheels". Our story comes from the collection "Mandarins" and was translated by Charles Wolfe. Akutagawa Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Swl-3ma8Lk&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YD4J02nxwzNMelsm5Cv5Ld_ ✨Do you have a Short Story or Novel you'd think we'd like or would want to see us cover? Join our Patreon to pick our reads. 📖 Join our PATREON!: https://www.patreon.com/thecodexcantina ☕️ Buy Us a Coffee/Support my Channel!: https://ko-fi.com/thecodexcantina 🖥️ Talk to us on our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/srGtH98BQb 🐤 Twitter: http://twitter.com/thecodexcantina 📸 Instagram: http://instagram.com/thecodexcantina 💻 The Literary Discourse Discord: https://discord.gg/2YyXPAdRUy 📹 Subscribe to YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzdqkkUKpfRIbCXmiFvqxIw?sub_confirmation=1 ================================== #RyunosukeAkutagawa #JapaneseLiterature TABLE OF CONTENTS: ======License and Copyright Info====== Song: CodeX Cantina Intro Artist: CodeX Cantina

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! Today we cover Two English Poems written by Jorge Luis Borges. Two poems that he had originally written in English.  Jorge Luis Borges Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXoDmYk4d3U&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YAvL0XGmv4GkzbiQ9atSJJg ✨Do you have a Short Story or Novel you'd think we'd like or would want to see us cover? Join our Patreon to pick our reads. 📖 Join our PATREON!: https://www.patreon.com/thecodexcantina ☕️ Buy Us a Coffee/Support my Channel!: https://ko-fi.com/thecodexcantina 🖥️ Talk to us on our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/srGtH98BQb 🐤 Twitter: http://twitter.com/thecodexcantina 📸 Instagram: http://instagram.com/thecodexcantina 💻 The Literary Discourse Discord: https://discord.gg/2YyXPAdRUy 📹 Subscribe to YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzdqkkUKpfRIbCXmiFvqxIw?sub_confirmation=1 ================================== #jorgeluisborges  #TwoEnglishPoems Reference Material: Thomas, D. G. N. (2014). Georgie & Elsa: Jorge Luis Borges and his wife: The untold story. The Friday Project, HarperCollins.  Daniel Balderston "Borges in Love": https://www.borges.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/VB45_Daniel%20Balderston.pdf ======License and Copyright Info====== Song: CodeX Cantina Intro Artist: CodeX Cantina

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! The long-awaited prequel of sorts. Yes, we know it came out first. Let's talk about the 1935 "The Flowers of Buffoonery" novel by acclaimed Japanese writer Osamu Dazai. A haunting look at youth, sincerity, depression, and mental health. Osamu Dazai Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnMcsjvZXIY&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YDq4qL3CvjBRU17hod40a12 ✨Do you have a Short Story or Novel you'd think we'd like or would want to see us cover? Join our Patreon to pick our reads. 📖 Join our PATREON!: https://www.patreon.com/thecodexcantina ☕️ Buy Us a Coffee/Support my Channel!: https://ko-fi.com/thecodexcantina 🖥️ Talk to us on our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/srGtH98BQb 🐤 Twitter: http://twitter.com/thecodexcantina 📸 Instagram: http://instagram.com/thecodexcantina 💻 The Literary Discourse Discord: https://discord.gg/2YyXPAdRUy 📹 Subscribe to YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzdqkkUKpfRIbCXmiFvqxIw?sub_confirmation=1 ================================== #osamudazai #TheFlowersofBuffoonery #japaneseliterature Our friend Jack @ramblingraconteur1616 also has a discussion on this book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T6v4pwym_U ======License and Copyright Info====== Song: CodeX Cantina Intro Artist: CodeX Cantina

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! Let's talk "The Era" from the smash hit collection "Friday Black" by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah today! Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenya Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbRSPW0hi04&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YAfzhLzJgKnS7_ZLwfqWlb9 ✨Do you have a Short Story or Novel you'd think we'd like or would want to see us cover? Join our Patreon to pick our reads. 📖 Join our PATREON!: https://www.patreon.com/thecodexcantina ☕️ Buy Us a Coffee/Support my Channel!: https://ko-fi.com/thecodexcantina 🖥️ Talk to us on our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/srGtH98BQb 🐤 Twitter: http://twitter.com/thecodexcantina 📸 Instagram: http://instagram.com/thecodexcantina 💻 The Literary Discourse Discord: https://discord.gg/2YyXPAdRUy 📹 Subscribe to YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzdqkkUKpfRIbCXmiFvqxIw?sub_confirmation=1 ================================== #NanaKwameAdjei-Brenyah #FridayBlack ======License and Copyright Info====== Song: CodeX Cantina Intro Artist: CodeX Cantina

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! Let's talk about the famous "The Open Window" by Saki (AKA H. H. Munro). Saki (H. H. Munro) Playlist: ✨Do you have a Short Story or Novel you'd think we'd like or would want to see us cover? Join our Patreon to pick our reads. 📖 Join our PATREON!: https://www.patreon.com/thecodexcantina ☕️ Buy Us a Coffee/Support my Channel!: https://ko-fi.com/thecodexcantina 🖥️ Talk to us on our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/srGtH98BQb 🐤 Twitter: http://twitter.com/thecodexcantina 📸 Instagram: http://instagram.com/thecodexcantina 💻 The Literary Discourse Discord: https://discord.gg/2YyXPAdRUy 📹 Subscribe to YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzdqkkUKpfRIbCXmiFvqxIw?sub_confirmation=1 ================================== Affiliate Links for Books or Stories Mentioned in this Video: Channels Mentioned in this Video: Lezlie@TheNerdyNarrative: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVXw-rVWALBklE2syuN4myw ================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS: ======License and Copyright Info====== Song: CodeX Cantina Intro Artist: CodeX Cantina