This volume of essays and translations analyzes the prodigious and wide-ranging output of Suga Keijirō. Based in Japan, Suga Keijirō’s (b. 1958-) works are wide-ranging and multilingual. His volumes of poetry have been shortlisted for a range of poetry prizes, and he was awarded the 2011 Yomiuri Shinbun Prize for Travel writing. He has translated dozens of books and has authored or co-authored more than fifteen other books across various genres. He is, by his own introduction, a poet first, but is also a prolific book reviewer, an astute theorist, and an insightful critic. His presence and contributions have been profound in many countries around the globe.

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This volume brings together an international group of scholars, artists, and translators to analyze Suga Keijirō’s (b. 1958-) multifaceted work.

Chapter 1: Suga-san and Columbus’ DogChapter 2: Just as Though a Number of the Tales of a Friend Remain within Me, While a Number of Others Have Been ForgottenChapter 3: Keijirō Suga and the Reading Play Night on the Milky Way TrainChapter 4: Waves of Connection: Canadian Poetry and the Poetry and Criticism of Keijirō SugaChapter 5: The First Three Books by Keijirō SugaChapter 6: On the Wisdom of Earth, Water, Fire, Water, and on Border Crossing: Reading Keijirō Suga’s Agend’Ars Poetry collectionChapter 7: 4x4x4x4: Reflections on Keijirō Suga’s Poetics in PracticeChapter 8: Traveling, Troubling, and Translating: Reading Suga Keijiro with/against Hiroki AzumaChapter 9: A Multilingual Archipelago: Keijirō Suga’s Journey through Hawaii on to the CaribbeanChapter 10: Tokyo Heterotopia—In Search of Asia WithinChapter 11: Keijirō Suga’s Coyote DaysChapter 12: Unknown Archipelagoes: Travelogues and Assemblages in the writings of Keijirō SugaChapter 13: “Satisfying Feeling of Nearness”: Fact and Fiction in Keijirō Suga's Travel EssaysChapter 14: KS, Educator

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