New Welsh Review 136 (Winter 2024)

• EDITORIAL by Gwen DaviesEAST ASIAN LITERATURE'The River Collects Its Debt' - Story by Phuoc Tien, translated from the Vietnamese by Nguyen An Ly'Powder to the People! The philosophy of Hokkaido capitalist ski bum, Jac Phillips' - Biography/oral history by Susan Karen Burton'Hi-Mawari', the lost Welsh story of Lafcadio Hearn (alias Koizumi Yakumo) Jayne Joso on how Japan shapes her workFURTHER FICTION'The Banana Banshee' - Story by Deidre Brennan, translated from the Irish by the authorREVIEW-ESSAYSSteven Lovatt on restoring natural and cultural ecologies in the work of Ruth Bidgood, Rae Howells and Carwyn GravesJL George on trauma and the magical child in recent novels by Lloyd Markham, Carly Holmes and Vajra Chandrasekera

Female-led literature with an emphasis on place, nature and authenticity in nonfiction, narrative voice in fiction, ideas for our times in the literary essay, and illustrative panache overall. Originating in Wales and with international ambition. Here we bring together the best of NWR’s online essays and review-essays within a showcase of new work previewing forthcoming titles from some of this country’s key English-language publishers. Plus, there's new work from Phước Tiến, Susan Karen Burton, Jayne Joso and Deidre Brennan, and 'Hi-Mawari', the lost Welsh story of Lafcadio Hearn (alias Koizumi Yakumo).