Excerpts from and extensions of
OCEANS BEYOND MONOTONOUS SPACE:
SELECTED POEMS OF KITASONO KATUE

Translated by John Solt
Edited by Karl Young and John Solt
Introduction by Karl Young

 

from the book

Introduction
by Karl Young

Selections from
WHITE ALBUM (Shiro no arubamu), 1929

Selections from
BLACK FIRE (Kuroi hi), 1951

Selections of
Plastic Poems: begun 1966

from the Book and Beyond

Kitasono Katue and the Colors of the World's Words
Five primary poems, with translations into multiple languages.

First Responses
Early reviews and comments by Aysegül Tözeren, Anny Ballardini, Susan Smith Nash, Carlos M. Luis, and Dan Waber. At Big Bridge magazine

Another early response —
by Richard Kostelanetz in American Book Review.

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