Doubled flowering : from the notebooks of Araki Yasusada ; edited and translated by Tosa Motokiyu, Ojiu Norinaga, and Okura Kyojin

Poetry. Literary Criticism. Asian American Studies. The materials of the Japanese poet Araki Yasusada (1907-1972) were published in Grand Street, CONJUNCTIONS, Abiko Quarterly, FIRST INTENSITY, Stand and The American Poetry Review. Gradually, the rumor began circulating that Araki Yasusada did not exist and that the poems were a hoax perpetrated by the Japanese-American author Tosa Motokiyu or by his literary executor, the American poet Kent Johnson. "The 'scandal' of these poems lies not in the problematics of authorship, identity, persona, race or history. Rather, these are wonderful works of writing that also invoke all of these other issues, never relying on them to prop up a text. This book makes the argument for anti-essentialism"--Ron Silliman. "This is essentially a criminal act"--Arthur Vogelsang Araki Yasusada Is A Kind Of Literary Hoax, Also Associated With Tosa Motokiyu, Who May Himself Be A Fictional Figure. It Is Also Unclear Whether There Is Any Japanese That Was Translated Or Whether This Is Original Poetry. Cf. Denver Quarterly, V. 31, No. 4, Pp. 106-126. The Person Responsible For The Interview With Kent Johnson, Groany Mcgee, Is Not Real. Introduction / Tosa Motokiyu, Ojiu Norinaga, Okura Kyojin -- The Notebooks / Araki Yasusada -- Appendices / Kent Johnson, Javier Alvarez, Mikhail Epstein -- In Search Of The Authentic Other : The Poetry Of Araki Yasusada / Marjorie Perloff. Edited And Translated By Tosa Motokiyu, Ojiu Norinaga, And Okura Kyojin. Verse, Prose And Criticism. All The Editors Are Fictitious; Kent Johnson Is The Medium For Most Of Araki Yasusada's Work; Mikhail Epstein And Jack Spicer Are Two Other People Associated With The Persona Of Yasusada. Includes Bibliographical References. Content: Introduction / Tosa Motokiyu, Ojiu Norinaga, Okura Kyojin -- The notebooks / Araki Yasusada -- Appendices / Kent Johnson, Javier Alvarez, Mikhail Epstein -- Afterword = In search of the authentic other : the poetry of Araki Yasusada / Marjorie Perloff. CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR ARAKI YASUSADA 2 CONTENTS 10 INTRODUCING ARAKI YASUSADA 11 THE NOTEBOOKS 12 APPENDICES 124 AFTERWORD 154