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'Reverberations from Fukushima' - poetry and essays on nuclear disaster

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Repercussions from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident continue to be felt at home and abroad.

"Reverberations from Fukushima: 50 Japanese Poets Speak Out" is a timely cross-cultural and socially relevant anthology of contemporary Japanese poetry that brings the depth and scope of the human tragedy into clear focus.

These deeply-felt poems are immediately accessible to an American audience and, together with commentary and essays, speak about the culture of complacency that contributed to the nuclear accident, the dire situation yet unresolved, and the poets’ hope for the future. This moving anthology offers readers a deeper understanding of the Fukushima nuclear disaster from a humanistic rather than technological or political perspective while at the same time enhancing appreciation of contemporary Japanese poetry. These poems provide American readers with an opportunity to connect heart-to-heart with the Japanese, who have suffered both the horrors of nuclear weapons and the tragedy of a nuclear accident.

"Reverberations from Fukushima" also includes the original Japanese text of the 50 poems that appear in translation as well as remarks by editors Stenson and Sarukawa Aroldi, essays by nuclear activist David Krieger and nuclear policy expert Francesca Giovannini, and commentary by esteemed Japanese poets Jotaro Wakamatsu and Hisao Suzuki.

About the Editors

Leah Stenson is an established poet, practicing Buddhist, and member of the Interfaith Council of Greater Portland, who spent 16 years teaching at university in Japan. She hosts the Studio Series, a popular venue for established poets in the Pacific Northwest.

Asao Sarukawa Aroldi is a translator and Tokyo native who earned her Ph.D. in world art studies and museology from University of East Anglia and became active in the anti-nuclear movement in Japan following the Fukushima

Title: "Reverberations from Fukushima: 50 Japanese Poets Speak Out" Languages: English & Japanese Editors: Leah Stenson and Asao Sarukawa Aroldi ISBN: 978-1-62901-065-6 Publisher: Inkwater Press Pub Date: March 2014 Price: $14.95 Kindle & ePub: $3.99 Pages: 192 Availability: Amazon, BarnesandNoble, Powells, InkwaterBooks.com

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