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  • Poems of a penisist

    “In the name of / Man, member, / and the holy fluid, / Amen,” begins Mutsuo Takahashi’s epic one-thousand-line erotic fantasy poem, “Ode,” the centerpiece of his groundbreaking collection of queer poetry, Poems of a Penisist. Takahashi’s work, reminiscent of Walt Whitman’s, is a celebration of the male body, treating homosexual desire as something sacred.…

  • Miyazawa Kenji : selections

    The poet Miyazawa Kenji was an early twentieth-century Japanese modernist who is known for his poetry and stories as well as his devotion to Buddhism. This book collects his poetry and provides an introduction to his life and work. It includes poems translated by Gary Snyder. It features a Foreword by the poet Geoffrey O’Brien.

  • Lady Joker, Volume One

    Tokyo, 1995. Five men meet at the racetrack every Sunday to bet on horses. They have little in common except a deep disaffection with their lives, but together they represent the social struggles and griefs of post-War Japan: a poorly socialized genius stuck working as a welder; a demoted detective with a chip on his…

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  • The tale of the Heike

    With a reflection on the fleeting nature of power and glory begins The Tale of the Heike, an epic from twelfth-century Japan. Comparable in stature to The Tale of Genji, The Tale of the Heike narrates with wit, energy, and compassion the stories of such unforgettable characters as the ruthless warlord Kiyomori, who dies still…

  • Let those who appear

    Over twenty-five years ago New Directions, at the urging of Kenneth Rexroth, published Seasons of Sacred Lust, a selection of poems by a young Japanese writer, Kazuko Shiraishi. Since then the book has gone through several printings and toured around the world, accompanying Ms. Shiraishi to almost any country one can think of, places where she…

  • A poet’s anthology : the range of Japanese poetry

    Translated by Janine Beichman, with Japanese originals in both kanji-kana and romaji versions. An ideal tool for the study of the Japanese poetic tradition by an internationally esteemed former president of PEN Japan, the author of over 19 collections of poetry and over 180 other works.

  • Domesday

    The Dome. It happens in an instant. Like a thunderclap it appears over the modern Japanese utopia. In one short moment the high-rise paradise is transformed into a gruesome hell. For those few who survive the initial onslaught of mysterious angels spawned by the Dome’s walls, life becomes a constant struggle in a purgatory with…

  • Beneath the sleepless tossing of the planets : selected poems, 1972-1989

    Poems.

  • Awesome nightfall : the life, times, and poetry of Saigyo

    This book captures the power of Saigyo’s poetry and this previously overlooked poet’s keen insight into the social and political world of medieval Japan.