Other Side River : Free Verse

Japanese poets have been writing tanka & haiku for hundreds of years. Japanese free verse, however, is barely a century old, & women's free verse in Japan is younger still. This collection introduces the work of some 3 dozen of Japan's finest women poets who specialize in free verse. Working in a relatively newÓ & WesternÓ form, these poets are able to explore subjects & styles with greater depth & freedom than Japan's traditional short poetic forms might allow. Yet their sensibility remains Japanese: literary allusion & seasonal references abound. And there is something new: a political & social awareness of being female in Japan's male-centered society.Lowitz, Leza is the author of 'Other Side River : Free Verse', published 2001 under ISBN 9780756752224 and ISBN 0756752221.