Man of Peace

Yumiko Tsumura was born in Japan; she received her BA and MA in American Literature from Kawansei Gakuin University in Japan and her MFA in Poetry and Trans-lation from the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. Her books of poetry include Woman of March (Finishing Line Press, 2017). Her books of translation include Kazuko Shiraishi's poetry: Let Those Who Appear (New Directions, 2002), My Floating Mother, City (New Directions, 2009), and Sea, Land, Shadow (New Directions, 2017). Her books of translation collaboration with Samuel Grolmes include Tamura Ryuichi Poems 1946-1998 (CCC Books, 2000). Also, as a Shodo brush-writing artist, she taught Zen-influenced Shodo, and has given workshops in the San Francisco Bay Area colleges.