“Nobody seemed to understand my English, in the ability of which I trusted.” A wry recollection of the young poet confronting the limits of his English after arriving in America · Autobiographical essay, The Story of Yone Noguchi Memory Poetry
“The noisy time has slipped away even gracefully at Kyoto.” Evoking Kyoto as a place where modernity seems softened by continuity and tradition · Essay, Through the Torii, 'Kyoto' Memory Time
