At about the same time that Dan was apparently meditating on the hyphens in Yoko Danno’s text, my experience of Ahadada Books was quite other: I was riding the over-crowded Tokyo subways with one pack (50 copies) of Burton Watson’s The Late Poems of Lu You slung over my shoulder in a large sack. It was an exercise in patience as well as a great little work-out. The good news of that book, as well as that of the Elizabeth Smithers chapbook is set to go out by Monday’s post. The Japan Times and the Yomiuri already have their review copies. Exciting times have begun. We hope that the next exciting news Dan posts is that Yoko Danno’s Kojiki is finally at press. At that time I’ll light off so many fireworks here in Japan, the happy sound will be heard in Burlington and beyond. Jesse