Yuka Igarashi
Yuka Igarashi is the former managing editor at Granta and was issue editor of Granta 127: Japan. She has taught fiction writing at various universities including Columbia and Parsons The New School for Design in New York.
Yuka Igarashi on Granta.com
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
House Style: Editing Brazil
Yuka Igarashi
‘We’re freaks . . . Why are we still talking about typos?’
In Conversation | The Online Edition
Nicola Barker | Interview
Nicola Barker & Yuka Igarashi
‘I’ve always thought of myself as someone who writes outside of the dominant culture; an outsider looking in.’
In Conversation | The Online Edition
Léonie Hampton | Interview
Léonie Hampton & Yuka Igarashi
‘I see a dichotomy at play where I am trying to be truthful, but it’s hard to be direct.’
In Conversation | The Online Edition
Rachel Seiffert | Podcast
Rachel Seiffert & Yuka Igarashi
Rachel Seiffert reads her work and talks to Granta about writing silences, the inescapability of history, the Troubles and learning to love her characters.
In Conversation | The Online Edition
Rajesh Parameswaran | Interview
Rajesh Parameswaran & Yuka Igarashi
‘I could tell you that love and violence are basic forces interwoven through all of nature and human affairs, and that’s why I mix the two.’
In Conversation | The Online Edition
Chinelo Okparanta | Interview
Chinelo Okparanta & Yuka Igarashi
‘I wanted to be sure to approach their resistance to Nnenna’s homosexuality from a practical perspective – one of fear, rather than one of hate.’
In Conversation | The Online Edition
Don DeLillo | Interview
Don DeLillo & Yuka Igarashi
‘The stories are representative of one slice of mind. The novels are mind, body, day and night, and what I ate for lunch.’