Poetry and Poets – Page 19

Read Your Way Through Tokyo

Hiromi Kawakami, one of Japan’s most popular contemporary novelists, travels with books that help her immerse herself in her destination. Here, she suggests reading for those coming to her hometown, Tokyo.

By Hiromi Kawakami and translated by Allison Markin Powell

Comedy and Humor Die Hard (Movie) Dirty Great Love Story (Play) London (England) Movies Poetry and Poets Theater Willis, Bruce

‘Die Hard’ Comes to the Christmas Stage in London

The poet Richard Marsh is winning praise in London for a one-man theatrical version of the action movie.

By Alex Marshall

Bars and Nightclubs Books and Literature Brooklyn (NYC) Manhattan (NYC) New York City News and News Media Poetry and Poets Specimen Days (Book) Whitman, Walt Writing and Writers

Retracing Walt Whitman’s Steps Through Brooklyn and Manhattan

The poet wandered for himself and for his various day jobs with New York City newspapers. Some of his haunts are still standing; most have been swept away with time.

By Miguel Morales

Books and Literature Burren (Ireland) Cork (Ireland) Doyle, Roddy Dublin (Ireland) Joyce, James literaryguides McInerney, Lisa (Author) Murray, Paul (1975- ) Nugent, Liz (1967- ) O'Brien, Flann O'Rowe, Mark Poetry and Poets Ryan, Donal The Glorious Heresies (Book) The Spinning Heart (Book) Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) Ulysses (Book) Writing and Writers

Read Your Way Through Dublin

Virtuosity and creativity with language are “everyone’s birthright” in the Irish capital, says Tana French, an award-winning mystery writer who has made it her home.

By Tana French