I joined to this list recently. I am doing research on cultural history on private basis in Japan. For these about seven years, I have been doing biographical study of Pound, and made a manuscript (in Japanese) of Pound's biography based on the books of Stock, Carpenter, Redman, Kenner, Surette, Tryphonopoulos, Longenbach, Bush, Flory, Rainey, Torrey and many others. In the manuscript, I tried to see the life of Pound in the contexts of artistic, social, political, and economical history. It contains no original discovery. However I think it has an introductory value, for there is almost no biography of Pound published in Japan. The only one I know is the translation of Reck's EZRA POUND: A CLOSE-UP. I tried to publish my manuscript and offered to several publishers in Japan, but found they were reluctant. I know it is not easy to publish a book for one who has no academic career. But if someone kindly tell me Japanese publishers and editors who are interested in Pound, I would be helped very much. Hideo Nogami, Yokohama city, Japan. [log in to unmask]