Just got word that The East-West House, Christy Hale’s biography of Isamu Noguchi, earned a star from the not-easily-impressed Kirkus Reviews! Thanks, Kirkus!
The review says, “Hale’s striking illustrations and the book’s elegant look are an homage to the Japanese landscape.” Can’t resist posting two of my favorites:
"They were gaijin, foreigners,/ shunned by everyone."
"Mama bought a tiny wedge of land/ under Chigasaki pines."
OK, gushing done.
