May 26

Oumi, Mariko.
On Matthew A. Henson’s, “A Black Explorer at the North Pole.”   
Aihara, Yuko.
On Rachel Carson’s, “The Marginal World.”

Sato, Miho.
On John Janovy, Jr.’s, “Tigers and Toads.”
Hiratsuka, Hiroko.
On Robert Finch’s, “Very Like a Whale.”

Kuwabara, Noriko.
On Annie Dillard’s, “Living Like Weasels.”

Sato, Miho.
On Mary Austin’s, “The Scavengers.”

Aihara, Naoko.
On Lewis Thomas’s, “Death in the Open.”

Akamine, Reiko.
On Annie Dillard’s, “Fecundity.”

Kuwabara, Noriko.
On Stephen Jay Gould’s, “Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of Dinosaurs.”

Sato, Miho.
On Stephen Harrigan’s, “The Secret Life of the Beach.”
Hiratsuka, Hiroko.
On John Daniel’s, “Some Mortal Speculations.”

Bevis, William. (Professor, English, University of Montana; Visiting Professor, Toyo University)

Doi, Ryoko.
On Sally Carrighar’s, “Wild Heritage.”
Iwamasa, Shinji.
On Edward Hoagland’s, “Dogs, and the Tug of Life.”