Synopses & Reviews
Japanese poets have been writing tanka and haiku for hundreds of years. Japanese free verse, however, is barely a century old, and women's free verse in Japan is younger still. This collection, the second volume in the Stone Bridge anthology of contemporary Japanese women's poetry, introduces the work of some three dozen of Japan's finest women poets who specialize in free verse. Remarkable for their diversity and passion, these poems provide a vivid contrast to the more traditional verse forms featured in Volume One, A Long Rainy Season.
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"A marvelous collection.... the tidal inevitability, power, and warmth of all this pent-up female energy is extremely exciting." -Pacific Reader
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"An extraordinary collection... With this anthology, Lowitz and her fellow translators have disclosed to the English reader a new world of poetry." -Donald Richie, The Japan Times
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"A little gem made of exquisite poems... like a bright pomegranate just exploded." -Soichi Furuta
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The second stunning volume of modern Japanese women poets.
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The work of 36 modern Japanese women poets, writing in an "imported" Western verse form and astonishing us with their diverse viewpoints, rhythms, themes, and insights. A companion to A Long Rainy Season: Haiku and Tanka.
About the Author
Leza Lowitz is an award-winning poet and fiction writer whose awards include the PEN Syndicated Fiction Award and an NEH grant. She is also a co-editor of A Long Rainy Season, the companion volume in this set.Miyuki Aoyama is a poet and literary critic. She is the Japanese translator of Erica Jong and H.D. and a co-editor of A Long Rainy Season, the companion volume in this set.