Poetry. In this debut collection, Yuko Taniguchi weaves a compelling personal history into poems that bridge the gap between her Japanese ancestry and Midwestern present. The child of a Hiroshima survivor, Yuko Taniguchi was born in Yokohama, Japan in 1975, and came to the United States at the age of fifteen. She now lives with her husband in Rochester, Minnesota. "Yuko Tangiguchi awakens the spirit of poetry as a global light that extends beyond what we know as individuals and what we yearn for beyond our lives. To have this book remind us what poetry can do is to travel beyond our familiar boundaries"--Ray Gonzalez.
Author City: MN USA