Description
Book SynopsisThis volume of essays and translations analyzes the prodigious and wide-ranging output of Suga Keijirō. Based in Japan, Suga Keijirō’s (b. 1958-) works are wide-ranging and multilingual. His volumes of poetry have been shortlisted for a range of poetry prizes, and he was awarded the 2011 Yomiuri Shinbun Prize for Travel writing. He has translated dozens of books and has authored or co-authored more than fifteen other books across various genres. He is, by his own introduction, a poet first, but is also a prolific book reviewer, an astute theorist, and an insightful critic. His presence and contributions have been profound in many countries around the globe.
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Suga-san and Columbus’ Dog
Chapter 2: Just as Though a Number of the Tales of a Friend Remain within Me, While a Number of Others Have Been Forgotten
Chapter 3: Keijirō Suga and the Reading Play Night on the Milky Way Train
Chapter 4: Waves of Connection: Canadian Poetry and the Poetry and Criticism of Keijirō Suga
Chapter 5: The First Three Books by Keijirō Suga
Chapter 6: On the Wisdom of Earth, Water, Fire, Water, and on Border Crossing: Reading Keijirō Suga’s Agend’Ars Poetry collection
Chapter 7: 4x4x4x4: Reflections on Keijirō Suga’s Poetics in Practice
Chapter 8: Traveling, Troubling, and Translating: Reading Suga Keijiro with/against Hiroki Azuma
Chapter 9: A Multilingual Archipelago: Keijirō Suga’s Journey through Hawaii on to the Caribbean
Chapter 10: Tokyo Heterotopia—In Search of Asia Within
Chapter 11: Keijirō Suga’s Coyote Days
Chapter 12: Unknown Archipelagoes: Travelogues and Assemblages in the writings of Keijirō Suga
Chapter 13: “Satisfying Feeling of Nearness”: Fact and Fiction in Keijirō Suga's Travel Essays
Chapter 14: KS, Educator
