Poets Behind Barbed Wire by Jiro Nakano and Kay Nakano Paperback

Edited and translated by Jiro Nakano and Kay Nakano, with illustrations by George Hoshida.

Poets Behind Barbed Wire is a collection of tanka poetry written by four Japanese American poets--Keiho Soga, Taisanboku Mori, Sojin Takei, and Muin Ozaki--during their incarceration in World War II. Through traditional Japanese poetry, the writes express their personal experiences of imprisonment, separation, hardship, and hope. Presented in English translation and romanized Japanese, the poems offer a moving perspective on the lives of Japanese Americans held in wartime camps.