Tokyo Poetry Journal - Volume 4: Heisei Generations

TOKYO POETRY JOURNAL’s Special Issue Heisei Generations introducing poets who debuted during the Heisei era (1989-2019). Includes Japanese poets and foreign poets who write in Japanese. Edited by Jordan A. Y. Smith.

Poetry by Minamikawa Yuko, Kuwahara Takiya, Misumi Mizuki, Kanie Naha, Nagae Yuki, Akegata Misei, Saihate Tahi, Tian Yuan, Jeffrey Angles, Hirokawa Chiaki, Nakauchi Komoru, Oshima Takeo, Ishiwata Kimi, Fuzuki Yumi, Tanaka Atsusuke, Noguchi Ayako, Suzuno Umine, Osaki Sayaka, Tanaka Yosuke, Andrew Campana, Matsuoka Miya, Sato Ayaka, Kono Satoko, Yamada Ryota, Yada Kazuhiro, ni_ka, Hachikai Mimi, and Michiyama Rain.

Reviews by Barbara Summerhawk of Jeffrey Angles’ These Things Here and Now: Poetic Responses to the March 11, 2011 Disasters, Kathryn Tanaka of Hirato Renkichi’s Spiral Staircase, and Taylor Mignon of Philip Rowland’s Something Other Than Other.

Cover art by Kondoh Akino, courtesy of artist and Mizuma Art Gallery.