Mike Fu 🌾 麦子
@wheatfu
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A petty urbanite // Debut novel MASQUERADE out 10/29/24 (@Tin_House) 🥀🌕 // Translator of STORIES OF THE SAHARA by Sanmao (@BloomsburyBooks) 🐫🏜️
Tokyo
Joined February 2008
"Desire in itself is empty, in other words it merely indicates direction, but never destination; destinations, in any case, always remain phantasmagoric and unclear; the closer we get to them, the more enigmatic they become."
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RT @stevie_suan: Happy to have an article on isekai anime published with the Japan Times. Many thanks to editor Mike Fu @wheatfu for all hi…
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RT @clairejiacries: 🚨big announcement!!! you can preorder my novel now! this is the beautiful cover! out from @Tin_House July 1, 2025 😊 ple…
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RT @sinethetamag: Editor-in-Chief Jiaqi Kang @jiaqikangjiaqi chats with Mike Fu @wheatfu about the cultural history behind his debut novel,…
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RT @Tin_House: "Where Masquerade excels is the way it evokes a lived-in version of New York—Brooklyn in particular—even as it takes its pro…
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RT @heatherannecarr: Come hang with @wheatfu at @yuandmebooks tomorrow at 6pm! Mike is gracing us with his presence all the way from Tokyo,…
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@debutiful @_patriciacoral_ @mlensheffer @JZabalbeascoa @postcardsfrmv @CherryLouSy Thank you so much! 🥹🙇🏻♂️
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RT @tiff_site: ＼第37回 #東京国際映画祭／ コンペティション部門 最優秀芸術貢献賞は… ˗ˋˏ🎊『わが友アンドレ』🎊ˎˊ˗ おめでとうございます！！ #ドン・ズージェン 監督 🎬『#わが友アンドレ』作品詳細はこちらから
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A feline diversion: I wrote about the consolation of cats and the boom in iyashikei/healing literature in translation from East Asia 🛌🐈🐈⬛😸😽✨ Pictured: “Kurokineko” (1910) by Hishida Shunso
Cats are all the craze in Japan’s “healing fiction," even for overseas readers.
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RT @largeheartedboy: "Every song is a portal into the past, a chance to connect with countless mundane moments from before..." @wheatfu s…
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RT @debutiful: We have @wheatfu on the podcast chatting about his debut novel MASQUERADE! Apple: Spotify: https:…
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