Keeping Order on My Shelf

About the Book

"Alert and modest, generous and perspicacious, Daniel Webster's poems invite us into the various worlds his questing curiosity opens up: worlds not only of other languages and cultures but of the entire world outside the self. What I am tempted (if not qualified) to call Webster's excellent translations-graceful, deft, poignant-from Russian and German stand out in this collection, as do the riddles, but KEEPING ORDER ON MY SHELF as a whole is, with its winning clarity, worth a place on many shelves."
-Rachel Hadas

About the Author

Daniel J. Webster was born in Pasadena, California. He received a B.A. in English Literature from UCLA and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Antioch University. His first collection of original poetry and translations from German and Russian, Dreams and Responsibilities, was published in 1993. In addition, he has published numerous articles on literature and literary translation. He now lives with his wife in Tokyo, where he teaches English and Comparative Culture at Keio and Waseda Universities.