Kiriu Minashita, Kyong-Mi Park
Ryoko Sekiguchi, Takako Arai

Introduction & translations by Sawako Nakayasu
Additional translations by: Cole Swensen,
Ryoko Sekiguchi, Chet Wiener, Yu Nakai &
Malinda Markham

2006 • 100 pp. • $14.00 • ISBN: 1-933959-01-0
Cover art by Kenjiro Okazaki

• Poetry Project Newsletter review. Fall 2007.
• Rain Taxi review by Laura Sims Vol. 12 No. 3, Fall 2007
• Midwest Book Review, Small Press, March 2007
• PENNsound readings from the Festival of Contemporary
  Japanese Women Poets.

"Litmus and Belladonna have produced a gorgeous volume... The collection also reminds me that the most daring poems do not experiment merely for the sake of innovation: they innovate so we may discover."

— The Poetry Project Newsletter, October / November 2007

"Four From Japan showcases a diverse and reflective body of Japanese verse and other writings that is strongly recommended reading, a seminal addition to academic library poetry collections, and a welcome contribution to Japanese Cultural Studies supplemental reading lists."

— Midwest Book Review: Small Press Bookwatch, March 2007

This revolutionary volume represents the first book of its kind, a bilingual anthology dedicated to women working in modern and cross cultural poetry milieus. Published collaboratively by Belladonna Books and Litmus Press in honor of the Festival of Contemporary Japanese Women Poets with support by the New York State Council on the Arts.

The publication of this book is made possible, in part, by support from: