Leah Stenson

Leah Stenson

Leah Stenson has published three poetry books and co-edited two anthologies, including Reverberations from Fukushima:50 Japanese Poets Speak Out (Inkwater Press, 2014.) Reverberations was awarded finalist status in the category of Social Change in the USA Best Book Awards and first place for Poetry in the Pacific Rim Book Festival. Leah lived in Japan for 16 years and traveled to the Fukushima Nuclear Exclusion zone where she met with poets included in the anthology.

Three Poems from Reverberations from Fukushima

Journal Article

Helen Keller, who returned briefly to Japan in 1948,
visited Hiroshima.