Eric

I'M PUBLISHING A NOVEL! Two Jewish teenagers embark on a road trip in search of a long-lost family bracelet, falling deep into family and American history. A Jewish Wangs vs. the World, if written by Safran Foer. It's coming soon. Read about it here: overtheoffing.wordpress.com/2022/02/24/new…

@ UltraSuperNew Kura, Shibuya 15:00 - Multilingual poets: poetry reading and panel discussion about poetry as self-translation Participants: Eric Margolis, Leo Elizabeth Takada, Kana Hozoji, Damiana De Gennaro, Aleksandra Priimak, Zoria Petkoska K., Yuki Tanaka.

Join me for an awesome bilingual poetry event at Tokyo Poetry Week this Saturday the 11th! (Details in thread) tokyopoetryweek.com

Commentary: AI translation of literature should be questioned because literary translation requires human interpretation and cultural understanding that machines cannot provide. ebx.sh/6FqfKO

A few thoughts from the 2025-2026 winter season about skiing in Japan - on climate change, locals being priced out of top resorts, and more: overtheoffing.wordpress.com/2026/03/15/the…

Here are my top 10 published achievements of 2025! Included: magazine translations, feature articles on the climate crisis in Japan, and exciting new Japanese book releases. overtheoffing.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/eri…

@bomb_akyura 吉田先生、急なコメント失礼します。英語新聞ジャパンタイムズのマーゴリスと申します。吉田先生の研究を拝見したところで、今取材している日本の海水温上昇についての記事のためインタビューを頼みたかったのです。興味あればDMメッセージを送っていただけたらと思います。

水上警察、海舐め過ぎなドラマだったな。

I updated my portfolio! Now it contains a representative sample of work I've done in journalism, translation, editing, and creative writing. Feel free to reach for additional samples of if you can't access any of the individual articles. ericmargolis.wixsite.com/portfolio

Osamu Dazai / Translated by: Leo Elizabeth Takada Three tales of ruin and loss: Osamu Dazai at his most tormented. This collection presents early works in translation. “Retrograde” life in reverse; “Das Gemeine” a writer with a violinist; “Blossom-Leaves and the Spirit Whistle”…

参政党に抗議したり、カウンター抗議をしている日本人の姿を見ると、本当に心強く感じます。 日本の抗議運動には懐疑的になることもありますが、こうした行動は、少なくとも日本に住む外国人にとって「味方がいる」と感じられる、確かな力があります。

It means A LOT to see any Japanese people protesting or counter-protesting Sanseito. Sometimes I am skeptical of protest movements in Japan, but these at least have the unmistakeable effect of making foreign residents here feel like they have allies.

A new release is coming from our Modern Japanese Classics Series in September👀 Yokogao Magazine with the feature: yokogaomag.com/editorial/osam…

@demagogue_OSAWA Please try clearing your browser cache - the article has been updated since early this morning.

@ericdmargolis Unfortunately, I couldn't confirm that the article was corrected.

I'm proud to share one of my biggest features in a while for the Japan Times: A deep dive into the seeming contradiction in the life of the Japanese tree - equal parts revered as a god, and cut down as a public nuisance. japantimes.co.jp/environment/20…

@demagogue_OSAWA The article contained a factual error that stated the number of total trees as the number of ginkgo trees. It has since been corrected.

@ericdmargolis The article you wrote contains a serious error. It is true that the number of trees cut down in Jingu Gaien is more than 600, but that is the number of all tree species combined. The symbolic ginkgo trees will be preserved. Are you still going to be a journalist?

What a TREAT - I sit down with prolific journalist, writer and book editor @ericdmargolis to discuss life in JAPAN, his favourite Japanese books, architecture and music... as well as his articles on dating and the "sacred" nature of trees in Japan 🇯🇵👇🏻 youtu.be/7uh9DdQEuh4

New manga releases from One Peace Books include sleuth laugh track Detectives These Days Are Crazy --> overtheoffing.wordpress.com/2025/05/23/new…

This Friday, Ryozan Park Lounge - I'll be talking about why and how two literary Japanese novels went viral in English - and what translation has to do with it

Fresh bread, international schools and a hint of bouillabaisse — is Tokyo's Hiroo neighborhood the ultimate expat dream, or a curated mirage? ebx.sh/AIMnlz

I literally – literally – don't know a single humanities professor, regardless of the kind of institution they teach at, who doesn't think students' reading abilities have fallen off a cliff. It's an emergency and in a sane world there would be Congressional hearings about this.

@NewYorker Can we get some Kyohei Sakaguchi in the mag already? Fiction, art, or comic would all fly.