Mutsuo Takahashi is one of Japan's most prominent living poets with more than three dozen collections of poetry, several works of prose, dozens of books of essays, and several major literary prizes to his name. He is especially well known for his open writing about male homoeroticism. Five...
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Mutsuo Takahashi is one of Japan's most prominent living poets with more than three dozen collections of poetry, several works of prose, dozens of books of essays, and several major literary prizes to his name. He is especially well known for his open writing about male homoeroticism. Five anthologies of his poetry have been translated and published in English, including "Poems of a Penisist" (Minnesota, 2012); "A Bunch of Keys;" "Sleeping, Sinning, Falling;" "On Two Shores;" and "We of Zipangu." He lives in the seaside town of Zushi, south of Yokohama, Japan.
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