Not listed yet on the Ahadada Books website, but soon to be, are the great editions of Lindley Williams Hubbell’s poems from Ikuta Press, sold and distributed by Ahadada. Hubbell was a wild man fallen from the moon when he landed in Japan in 1953, took Japanese citizenship, and never went back to New York City. A real talent from the generation of Hart Crane, a friend of Gertrude Stein, and much admired by Weldon Kees, Hubbell essentially buried himself in Post-W.W. II Japan. Yoko Danno was his prize student, whom he taught to write with the luminosity of H.D. She in turn established Ikuta Press to publish her teacher’s work. We have hard-bound copies of Hubbell’s Trilogy that are real collector’s items. Other works too. Queries welcome. Find out about Lindley Williams Hubbell!

Just braved Tokyo Subway Rush hour and a drizzling night sky to carry 50 copies home! The Baphomet (holding a great trout) with Bosch background and blurbs designed to knock the eyeballs out of any trash talking right wing-nut cover glitters in its lamination and the pages howl and clatter like a Black and Decker Weed Whacker gone berserk. Run your eyes across these lines and your head is guaranteed to begin a twist to the deosil! This book is like a Taco Jesus for the visiting team! Watch for it!