101 modern Japanese poems by Makoto Ōoka and translated by Paul McCarthy

This is poetry from Japan.

101 modern Japanese poems by Makoto Ōoka translated by Paul McCarthy is published by Anthem Press. This is a Book originally written in Japanese. This was published in 2012.0 and has the ISBN of 9.780857285584E12.

101 modern Japanese poems, selected by Makoto Ōoka and translated by Paul McCarthy, should be read as an anthology, a curated doorway into modern Japanese poetry rather than a single-author collection. Its value is partly practical: one hundred and one poems gives readers breadth, contrast, and a way to hear multiple voices across a literary field. But anthologies are never neutral shelves. They make arguments about what a tradition sounds like, which voices should travel, and how a language might introduce itself in English. I would read this book as a beginning, not a conclusion. Let one poem lead to a name, then a name to a book, then a book to a larger map. Anthologies are useful because they turn curiosity into routes.

If you’d like to see international poetry continue and gain traction, consider requesting this work from your local library, or purchasing it from places like Open Books (a poetry only bookstore), Asterism Books (an independent press distributor), or bookshop.org to connect you with your local bookstores.

Check out more of the always in-progress translated poetry index here.