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First Impressions: Early Reviews of John Okada’s No-No Boy
One intriguing window into the world of John Okada’s landmark 1957 novel No-No Boy is the s…

Greg Robinson • June 7, 2018





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No. 24 Criticism and analysis from various perspectives
The novel has been discussed intermittently ever since its first translation by Nakayama Yo, who tr…

Ryusuke Kawai • Jan. 27, 2017


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No. 23: In Japan, debates have been ongoing since the 1970s
The novel "No-No Boy" is a work of American literature written in English by Japanese-Ame…

Ryusuke Kawai • Jan. 13, 2017


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#22: Is this not a novel? Evaluations and reactions to the first edition
The first edition of "No-No Boy" was published in May 1957. The previous year, Japan had …

Ryusuke Kawai • Dec. 23, 2016



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20th New translation published in Japan
A new Japanese version of "No-No Boy" will finally be published next month. The publisher…

Ryusuke Kawai • Nov. 25, 2016


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