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<url><loc>https://thegrandnarrative.com/2026/05/04/the-narrowing-sea-hannah-shepherd/</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>The Grand Narrative</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-05-04T08:00:59+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>Book Talk: &#8220;The Narrowing Sea: Fukuoka, Pusan, and the Rise and Fall of an Imperial Region&#8221; (2025) by Dr. Hannah Shepherd, 9am Tuesday May 5 (KST)</news:title><news:keywords>Busan, 부산, New Women, 신여성, Pachinko, 파친코</news:keywords></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://thegrandnarrative.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/the-narrowing-sea-book-by-hannah-shepherde28094cover-and-pachninko.jpg?w=128</image:loc></image:image></url></urlset>