{"product_id":"is-it-poetry-paperback","title":"Is It Poetry? - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eToshiko Hirata\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEric E. Hyett\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eSpencer Thurlow\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA profound collection of poetry from Japanese poet Toshiko Hirata, expounding on readership and everyday life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced on the same day each month over the course of two years, every poem in \u003ci\u003eIs It Poetry?\u003c\/i\u003e (a pun also meaning \"the seventh day\" in Japanese) is a window into everyday life in Japan. Toshiko Hirata's poems evoke awe and light in the daily minutiae of contemporary life, achieving both prosody and narrative cohesion colored by her dark yet warm artistic sensibility. Beloved and awarded in Japan, Hirata possesses an extraordinary ability to turn an ordinary event like an old man cycling through a park into a journey that elucidates something profound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis translation offers entry into a busy Tokyo brimming with puns, imagery, sounds, and whimsy and asks what is to cherished, feared, loved--and what is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHirata Toshiko\u003c\/b\u003e is one of Japan's best-known contemporary poets, as well as a renowned playwright and author of seventeen novels. She is associated with the 'women's boom' in contemporary Japanese literature. Her collection, \u003ci\u003eShinanoka\u003c\/i\u003e (Tokyo, Shichōsha, 2004), or, \u003ci\u003eIs It Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e? earned Hirata the Hagiwara Sakutarō Prize for poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric E. Hyett\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eSpencer Thurlow\u003c\/b\u003e are a poetry translation team from Massachusetts. Their first translated book, \u003ci\u003eSonic Peace \u003c\/i\u003eby contemporary female Japanese poet Kiriu Minashita (Phoneme Media, 2018), was shortlisted for the 2018 National Translation Award and the 2018 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize. Their translations and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Georgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eModern Poetry in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePendemics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTransference\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cincinnati Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.8 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765093794080,"sku":"9781646052738","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/863bfd09920e7e550c08b7bb6e15024e.webp?v=1780261988","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/is-it-poetry-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}