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Sawako Nakayasu

Sawako Nakayasu writes and translate poetry; her recent book, Mouth: Eats Color—Sagawa Chika Translations, Anti-translations, & Originals does both in one work. Other recent books include Texture Notes and Hurry Home Honey, as well as translations of Ayane Kawata’s Time of Sky/Castles in the Air and Takashi Hiraide’s For the Fighting Spirit of the Walnut, which received the Best Translated Book Award in 2009. icon

Virtual Roundtable on The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics

By Ali Alizadeh, Lyn Hejinian, Sawako Nakayasu, Bob Perelman, Ravi Shankar, & Lytton Smith

First published in 1965, the Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics is a reference volume for poetry enthusiasts and literary scholars alike. Last year, a significantly revised fourth edition ...

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