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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 28/09/2026

my beloved bicycle, put into the shop for repairs over the summer, has returned! I purchased this used Surly, Long Haul Trucker from a good friend 8 years ago now and have ridden it every day since. After replacing both wheels and the entire drivetrain, she rides like a dream again. #bicycle #love

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 22/09/2026

Literary translation requires such an intense level of deep reading that once I'm done, I'm always tired of the original, however masterful, so I never re-read after publication. But recently I've found myself missing A Man (ある男) so I'm listening to the Japanese audiobook. #literarytranslation

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 21/09/2026

a river started to overflow right outside my front door today . I've lived here for six months but this is the first time I've seen this happen. Thankfully, the peak of typhoon #25 has now passed, and there has been no flooding in the house. #typhoon

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David Ellis @davidellis95.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

looking forward to having a panel discussion with @elikpwilliam.com tonight at @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social about alien languages! Alien language has been depicted in numerous speculative fiction stories. In recent years, it has also become the subject of serious academic study [1/2]

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 19/09/2026

just finished speaking on the universal translation panel as part of Flights of Foundry. I had lots of fun talking with fellow panelists Caye Marsh and Farid Nad. Looking forward to giving a reading and joining the xenolinguistics panel tomorrow! flights-of-foundry.org #xenolinguistics

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Flights of Foundry – For Speculative Creators and their Fans

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 18/09/2026

I woke up at 3 am with an idea for a new novel in my head. Bless you jet lag. #jetlag #writesky

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 10/09/2026

I went to Niagara this week and, for the first time in 20 years, boarded the boat that carries visitors to the base of the falls. The pouring mountain of water roared, the waves swelled, the boat yawed, the spray struck us like a downpour of rain, and rainbows appeared in the mist. #niagarafalls

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 16/08/2026

Last week I drove out into the Ontario countryside to watch the Perseid meteor shower, which peaked this year during the new moon. There were so many stars in the clear dark sky even an iPhone was up to capturing them. Between midnight and 1:30, I spotted some two dozen shooting stars. #perseids

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 07/08/2026

They're no shinkansens, but it's still nice to see these Go trains pass by. #Toronto

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 06/08/2026

My translation of the Traveling Tree has received nothing but rave reviews so you all really ought to go pick up a copy—and tell your friends! www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026... literaryreview.co.uk/into-the-wil... asianreviewofbooks.com/the-travelli... #japanlit #travelwriting #literature

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‘The Traveling Tree’: Essays from Alaska offer lessons from the edge of the wild

Michio Hoshino’s Alaska essays, now translated into English, reflect on fragility, risk and living close to nature.

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 05/08/2026

While everything falls apart this summer, here's a little jingle to cheer you all up. Listen for the kazoo; it's the best part. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7IC... #endoftheworld #summer #anthem

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Inpatient (Ren x Chris Webby) - End of The World (Video)

YouTube video by Ren

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 01/08/2026

I take this photo every time I return to Toronto. No piece of scenery could represent the city better. #Toronto

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 26/07/2026

Can one of you Wikipedians out there make a Wikipedia page about me? I should match the notability criteria. I've kept a digital scrapbook of sources about me and my work for years and can share that if you need. #wikipedia

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 24/07/2026

a rather pathetic pathetic fallacy

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 16/07/2026

the anthology of pre-WWII Japanese sci-fi that I'm editing for MIT Press is entering a new phase. With the help of three other translators, translation of the works is complete, and I'm now compiling them into a manuscript for submission next week. #Japanese #classic #scifi #anthology

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 15/07/2026

In the spring, the handle came off a coffee cup with some sentimental value when I accidentally bumped it with another cup, so I decided to take it in for kintsugi repair. After leaving it with the workshop for about a month, I finally went to pick it up today. #kintsugi

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 14/07/2026

the paper edition has arrived at my house courtesy of the Mainichi! #thetravelingtree #michiohoshino

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 09/07/2026

ありがとうございます！

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 07/07/2026

When I post anywhere about writing process, I get comments from all these bots and grifters trying to sell me editing, book design and other scam publishing services. They should be banished to whatever rotten hole on the internet they crawled out of. Just watch them comment on this post #writesky

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 07/07/2026

After a round of research, I'm now ready to start rewriting my latest Japanese story. The manuscript currently stands at 73,000 characters, roughly 35,000 words, which is novella length, but I expect it to grow to short novel length during the rewrite. #scifi #secondlanguage #writesky #exophony

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 06/07/2026

I've started listening to Butter by Asako Yuzuki, a novel about a gourmet serial killer who seduces older men, cooks them fine meals, and scams them before murdering them. I'm only on chapter two, but the novel seems well-suited for audio adaptation, with its slow style of narration. #audiobook

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 05/07/2026

reading The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennet. I don't read a ton of fantasy these days, but this, the first novel by a male author to win a Hugo in a decade, got me curious. #booksky

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 03/07/2026

A short profile piece about me should be appearing in the Mainichi Shimbun (毎日新聞) Wednesday July 8th morning edition. National newspapers and magazines have reviewed my books many times before but they have never covered me. #newspaper #profile

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 02/07/2026

I've had some bad luck in my writing career and when I've had good luck, sometimes I didn't know what to do with it. But if the universe decides to throw some chances at me, I'm ready for it now. #writesky

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 01/07/2026

love it or hate it, AI is not going away any time soon. So we should all make efforts to understand what it is, as a basic component of understanding our present and deciding how to help shape our future. #AI #knowledge #praxis

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 28/06/2026

bee pollinating a hydrangea in the rain #typhoon #shonan

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 23/06/2026

I saw a few fireflies tonight but not enough to capture in a photo. I'll have to try again on a slightly warmer day. #shonan #fireflies

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 22/06/2026

English author J.G. Ballard on poets who generate poetry with computers, in his 1961 short story Studio 5, The Stars: "When I say they have everything to learn, I mean about their own hearts" #prescient #scifi #generativeAI

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 21/06/2026

after years of exploring all kinds of music to write to, I've found my way back to where I belong #booksky #writesky #music

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 19/06/2026

reading Vermillion Sands a 1971 short story collection by J.G. Ballard. #ballard #surrealism #scifi

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William Andrews @william-andrews.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

It gives me great pleasure to share the release of my decade-in-the-writing critical biography of filmmaker/activist Adachi Masao. Pink Auteur, Red Outlaw: Adachi Masao and Japan’s Cinema of Revolution is out September 1 via Awai Books. awaimedia.com/WilliamAndre...

Pink Auteur, Red Outlaw: Adachi Masao and Japan’s Cinema of Revolution

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 18/06/2026

I was just interviewed by a journalist for the first time in my life. Here's hoping the article comes out okay.

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 18/06/2026

I’ve finally started to watch The Boys. I’m totally hooked. Everything is so demented and vile but there is a deep truth to the show. It definitely represents our present with far more honesty than any Marvel film ever could. If superheroes were real now, I bet this is just what it would be like.

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 16/06/2026

Those tremors certainly perked me up. Hello planet earth. Don't worry, we haven't forgotten you're there.

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 16/06/2026

I will post every day starting today (a promise to myself)

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 13/06/2026

my talk on translating The Traveling Tree is today! Come sign up if you haven't already.

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 08/06/2026

come join my online talk for the Japan Association of Translators this Saturday (June 13th) 3:00-4:30 pm JST. I'll be discussing the process of translating The Traveling Tree, a memoir by photographer Michio Hoshino about his life in Alaska. jat.org/ja/events/ev... #japaneseliterature #translation

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JATBOOK Webinar: Translating The Traveling Tree by Michio Hoshino | JAT JP日本翻訳者協会

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 08/06/2026

We are not "content consumers" but seekers of meaning, guided by the sparks and glimmers of art along the dark road of life. #art

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 08/06/2026

My point here isn't that human created art is necessarily better than AI generated content (though maybe it is). It is that process is part of the value of art, as is result. My example is of two identical works created by different processes. If the human work is poor, that changes the example.

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 07/06/2026

denying the value of the human endeavour behind a work of art isn't just a matter of preference. It is an implicit denial of our capacity to endow existence with meaning through our actions. It is a species of nihilism whose end game is despair. So yes, they are wrong. #generativeAI #art

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 07/06/2026

Even if slop and artistic creation are one day indistinguishable, the end product is only part of their value. Two identical works are not of equal value if one was hard-won through years of blood, sweat, and tears, and the other spat out by a quick flicker of transistors. #generativeAI #art

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 06/06/2026

Generative AI may ultimately be good for the arts. In posing the greatest challenge to them yet, it reminds us of the immeasurable value of human creativity. #generativeAI #art

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 04/06/2026

To evaluate a work of art, whether song, novel, film, or anything else, one must be discriminating. In our efforts to avoid being discriminatory, we often lose sight of this inescapable truth. #aesthetics #politics

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 03/06/2026

Venus and Jupiter after the typhoon

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 21/05/2026

The Japan Association of Translators has invited me to give a webinar about my latest translation, The Traveling Tree by Michio Hoshino, on Saturday June 13th 3:00-4:30 pm JST. Translators, Hoshino fans, and book lovers—put it in your calendar. jat.org/ja/events/ev... #literature #translation

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JATBOOK Webinar: Translating The Traveling Tree by Michio Hoshino | JAT JP日本翻訳者協会

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 20/05/2026

I've just finished writing the first draft of a Japanese novel. It's by far the longest thing I've ever written in the language. Now comes the hard part: revising it until it's ready for the eyes of an editor. Still, it feels good to have taken the story this far. #novel #WriteSky #secondlanguage

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