{"product_id":"poems-of-a-penisist-9780816679720","title":"Poems of a Penisist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"In the name of \/ Man, member, \/ and the holy fluid, \/ Amen,\" begins Mutsuo Takahashi's epic one-thousand-line erotic fantasy poem, \"Ode,\" the centerpiece of his groundbreaking collection of queer poetry, Poems of a Penisist. Takahashi's work, reminiscent of Walt Whitman's, is a celebration of the male body, treating homosexual desire as something sacred. Stunningly beautiful and passionate, Poems of a Penisist is one of the most important compilations of homoerotic poetry written in the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMutsuo Takahashi is one of Japan's leading living poets. He has published more than three dozen anthologies of poetry and is a prolific essayist, literary historian, and critic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHiroaki Sato is a Japanese poet and prolific translator who writes frequently for the \u003ci\u003eJapan Times. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBurton Watson is an award-winning translator of Chinese and Japanese poetry and literature.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692906746130,"sku":"9780816679720","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_87874b8e-0f43-4eca-a209-761bf1975a3c.jpg?v=1734137750","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/poems-of-a-penisist-9780816679720","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}