# Akemi Tanigaki reads "To My Readers in Japan"

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Podcast: [In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-your-spare-time-from-the-blog-of-ursula-k-le-guin-7788921)
Published: 2026-08-12T09:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

Akemi Tanigaki reads post 18 "To My Readers in Japan" You can read Ursula's original post, from March 14, 2011, here: www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/18-to-my-readers-in-japan

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