The Slovakian art journal, Enter prepared a special feature for the works by Takako Arai.

Enter #8
Dive buki (Slovakia), 2012-2013 5€

TWELVE VIEWS FROM THE DISTANCE
By MutsuoTakahashi
Translated by Jeffrey Angles
University of Minnesota Press, $19.95

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HIKIKOMORI : Adolescence without End
By Saito Tamaki
Translated by Jeffrey Angles
University of Minnesota Press, $19.95

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PERCUSSION GRENADE
By Joyelle McSweeney
Fence Books, $15.95

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HAUTE SURVEILLANCE
By Johannes Göransson
Tarpaulin Sky Press, $16

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The Poetry Kanto website can be found at http://poetrykanto.com/ .

2013 will see the publication of Poetry Kanto's first digital issue (Edition by Alan Botsford) .

3 poems by Arai after the Great East Japan Earthquake were translated from Japanese into English and published in the following journal.
"Galapagos, or the Isolated Islands" "Half a Pair of Shoes" "Specter!" by Takako Arai
Translation by Jeffrey Angles

Poetry Kanto 2012 (#28, Kanto Poetry Center, Kanto Gakuin University)
Editor : Alan Botsford
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Takako Arai, the editor of Mi'Te, took part in a poetry translation workshop, The Golden Boat 2012 at Škocjan, Slovenia.

Talking & Reading Event "The Monster of Translation"

Takako Arai, the editor of Mi'Te, took part in a poetry translation workshop, The Golden Boat 2012 at Škocjan, Slovenia.

"Wheels" a poem by Arai was translated from Japanese into French and published in the following journal.
"Rouets (Wheels)"
Par Takako Arai, Traduit du japonais par
Eri Wada et Armelle Leclercq
EUROPE: revue littéraire mensuelle（août-septembre 2012）

"Beds and looms" a poem by Arai was translated from Japanese into English and published in the following journal.
"Beds and looms" by Takako Arai, Translation by Jeffrey Angles
SOUTHPAW Journal (#1 2011-2012)

The English translations of a poem, Specter! by Arai (Translation by Jeffrey Angles) was uploaded to the website, "Big Bridge #16".

Hukiwataru-kaze, America-no-kaze ----A Poetry Reading & Talk

The 2nd Tokyo Poetry Festival and the 6th World Haiku Association Conference 2011

"The Death of the Showa Emperor and Journalism," an essay by Higuchi Yoshizumi, a regular contributor to Mi'Te Press, was translated from Japanese into French and published in the following collection of articles.
« La Mort de l'empereur Shôwa et le journalisme »
Par Higuchi Yoshizumi
CENSURE, AUTOCENSURE ET TABOUS：Actes du quatrième colloque d'études japonaises de l'Université de Strasbourg（Éditions Philippe Picquier, 2010）

A series of poems written in Japanese by Jeffrey Angles, the translator of Soul Dance by Takako Arai, recently appeared in the following magazine.

"The Man of Thread" and five other poems
By Jeffrey Angles, with commentary by Mutsuo Takahashi
Gendaishi techo (Handbook of contemporary poetry), February 2011 (Shicho-sha)

New Information from Japan International Poetry Society (JIPS)

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Takako Arai, the editor of Mi’Te, and Jeffrey Angles, translator of Soul Dance, will be having a bilingual poetry reading and so on at Australia National University.

Women’s voices—Advocacy and Change through Artistic Expression Project
(Tenth International Women in Asia Conference)

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Takako Arai, the editor of Mi’Te, and Jeffrey Angles, translator of Soul Dance, will be having a bilingual poetry reading and talk on July 16, 2010.

“The Soul of Poetry, the Soul of the Japanese Language: A Reading by Arai and Angles”

Takako Arai is a leading indies poet, who won the Oguma Hideo Prize for her collection Tamashii dansu. Her work has been translated by Jeffrey Angles, who recently received the Donald Keene Center’s Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature. The two will discuss the secrets of this book, which was reviewed so favorably by The Japan Times, and will engage in a “dance of voices,” reading their work in both Japanese and English. The two will talk about writing and the Japanese language in their capacities as Japanese language teachers and literature scholars, and as authors and translators. What great secrets might emerge? Reserve your seats to find out...

Date:	Friday, July 16, 2010　 19:00-21:00
Venue:	d-labo (Tokyo Midtown Tower 7F, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo) URLhttp://www.d-labo-midtown.com/d-log-detail.php?id=222 URLhttp://www.d-labo-midtown.com/concept.html#access URLhttp://www.tokyo-midtown.com/en/maps_directions/
Admission:	Free (Reservations necessary)
Contact:	d-labo E-mail

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June Event of the JAPAN INTERNATIONAL POETRY SOCIETY

Our special guest will be Japanese poetry translator MR. JEFFREY ANGLES

Date:	June 12, 2010 (Saturday) 13:00-16:00
Venue:	Campus Plaza Kyoto, 2nd Floor, Conference Room #2 URLhttp://www.consortium.or.jp/contents_detail.php?co=kak&frmId=368
Admission:	1000 yen
Contact:	Keiji Minato E-mail

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A review of Soul Dance, a collection of poems by Takako Arai and translated into English by Jeffrey Angles and other friends, has been uploaded to the website of the Japan Society in the United Kingdom.

The new English translations of two poems, Clusters of Falling Stars and Colored Glass by Takako Arai (translated by Jeffrey Angles) have been uploaded to the poetry e-zine, "Octopus Magazine #13."

The Japan Times published a review of the English-language anthology Killing Kanoko (Poems by Hiromi Ito, Translated by Jeffrey Angles) on February 21, 2010. Click on the link below to read the full text of the review.

The Japan Times published a review of the English-language anthology Soul Dance (Mi'Te Press) on January 24, 2010. Click on the link below to read the full text of the review.

A book review of Soul Dance has been uploaded to the blog "Nihon Distractions: Thoughts on Translated Japanese Books & Films." The blog reviews works of Japanese literature, especially modern and contemporary works of literature.

She Who Creates, and He Who Translates

-A Bilingual Poetry Reading and Conversation with Hiromi Ito and Jeffrey Angles
Hiromi Ito and her translator, Jeffrey Angles, will have a conversation about language, sexuality, and living between countries. Along with the conversation, there will be a bilingual reading, featuring poems from the newly published books Killing Kanoko: Selected Poems of Hiromi Ito (2009) and passages from Yomitoki Hanya Shingyo (Interpreting the Heart Sutra, 2010).

Date:	Thusday, April 1, 2010 19:00-21:00
Venue:	d-labo (Tokyo Midtown Tower 7F, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo) URLhttp://www.d-labo-midtown.com/d-log-detail.php?id=203 URLhttp://www.d-labo-midtown.com/index.php URLhttp://www.tokyo-midtown.com/en/access/index.html
Admission:	Free (Reservations necessary)
Contact:	d-labo E-mail

JAPAN INTERNATIONAL POETRY SOCIETY March, 2010, Kyoto

The internationally renowned American poet MR. JEROME ROTHENBERG, who is visiting from America, will host a special reading for us.

Date:	March 22, 2010 (Monday, National Holiday) 18:00-21:00
Venue:	Heartpia Kyoto, Conference Room # 3 URLhttp://www.heartpiakyoto.jp/access/index.html
Admission:	1000 yen
Contact:	Keiji Minato E-mail Jane Joritz-Nakagawa E-mail

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