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  Sans JP"\, sans-serif\;'>Japan Society presents a night focused on Japane
 se literature with three special events. One ticket provides access to our
  entire evening of activities.\n\n<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.75rem\; padd
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 serif\; padding-bottom: 0px !important\;'>The night begins with <em>Selec
 ted Shorts</em> performed live at Japan Society. <em>Selected Shorts </
 em>is a weekly public radio show broadcast on over 150 stations to over 30
 0\,000 listeners. The series presents some of our greatest stage and scree
 n actors reading some of today’s best literature\, transporting us throu
 gh the magic of fiction one short story at a time. At Japan Society\, <em
 >Selected Shorts </em>will host a captivating evening of short stories by
  three contemporary Japanese writers.\n\n<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.75rem
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 ly: "Founders Grotesk"\, "Noto Sans JP"\, sans-serif\;'>Following <em>Sel
 ected Shorts</em>\, we are honored to welcome author Keiichiro Hirano for 
 a conversation about his career. Keiichiro Hirano is an acclaimed Japanese
  novelist who has written more than 15 novels since his debut work <em>Ec
 lipse</em>\, for which he won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize at the young
  age of only 23. His psychological fiction deals with universal themes suc
 h as self-love\, relationships and acceptance\, and spans from short stori
 es and historical novels to essays\, love stories and literary science fic
 tion.\n\n<p style='margin: 0px 0px 1.75rem\; padding: 0px 0px 0.5rem\; box
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 ight)\; word-break: break-word\; font-family: "Founders Grotesk"\, "Noto S
 ans JP"\, sans-serif\;'><span style="font-size: 22.05px\;">The night will 
 then conclude with a reception where you’re welcome to mix and mingle wi
 th fellow book lovers.\n\n
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SUMMARY:Japanese Literature Night: Selected Shorts and Author Talk with Kei
 ichiro Hirano
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