Published in Japanese in 1949, Citadel in Spring is, at its heart, an autobiographical novel of the author's life from university through induction into the Imperial Japan Navy, assignment to intelligence service in China, and Japan's final defeat. In addition to details of actual code-breaking activities, it also paints grimly honest pictures of some of the fiercest naval battles of the war, and the horrors of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. As a witness to World War II and its effects on the people and culture of Japan, this document--although cast as fiction--is a crucial reminder of the real costs of war to a generation who have never experienced it.

Yoshiyuki Junnosuke was a sensual writer, whose style is reminiscent of that of novelists such as Tanizaki Jun'ichiro and Nagai Kafu. His works deal with the possibility of emotional purity in the relationships between men and women. Often, the relationship is examined through the agency of the protagonist's association with prostitutes. This collection brings together a selection of many of his finest stories, examining human relationships to reveal new aspects of ourselves.

In the preface to New Writing in Japan, Mishima Yukio says of Yoshiyuki: "The delicacy of Yoshiyuki's language and sensibility is probably more subtle and sophisticated than that of any Japanese writer since the war...The idee fixe of Japanese youth today--that love is impossible and impracticable--lies deep at the root of Yoshiyuki's thinking."

His elegant prose style is often likened to that of Albert Camus. Howard Hibbett said of Yoshiyuki (in Contemporary Japanese Literature: an Anthology of Fiction, Film and Other Writing Since 1945): "The cool, polished surface of his fiction faithfully reflects a world of mingled frivolity and futility...The urbane refinement of his astringent prose style is much admired."

For a century, the student journalists at "The Daily Texan" have reported and commented on The University of Texas. From Prohibition to the sexual revolution, from Vietnam peace protests to the Tower massacre, from horse-drawn buggies to the Internet, these students have covered it all. Now, for the first time, the stories behind what was printed are revealed. In this behind-the-scenes account, scandal, censorship, and corruption surface at the same time that unheralded stories of judgment, courage, and integrity come to light. From fighting the Board of Regents to conspiring with the UT president against the Texas governor, "Daily Texan" editors have been intimately involved in the life of the Forty Acres. They have had to face major issues, such as integration, freedom of the press, war protest, and affirmative action. But neither has their coverage ignored other, less significant aspects of campus life, including panty raids, beauty pageants, and streaking. Join two former editors as they explore the fascinating history of a newspaper that has covered - and sometimes influenced - The University of Texas. Robert L. Rogers was "Daily Texan" editor from 1995 to 1996. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from The University of Texas in 1996, majoring in Plan II, history, and government. In 1999 he graduated from the Harvard Law School and now practices law. Tara Copp was "Daily Texan" editor from 1996 to 1997. She graduated from Plan II in 1997 and is now a journalist.

This anthology of translated short stories by Japanese writers captures the city of Tokyo through most of the twentieth century--a period of war, bombing, urbanization, and modernization, in short, constant change that has altered and continues to alter the very geography of the city. The eighteen stories, varying from literary sketches to popular fiction, picture everyday life in different parts of the city--in its nightclubs, department stores, bars, homes, and working-class neighborhoods. For the tourist, armchair traveler, or long-time resident, this book is a literary excursion into Tokyo illuminated by the evocative, and often ironic, words of its writers.
These expertly translated stories range from reflections on deaths in his family by Akutagawa Ryunosuke, the venerated master of the short story, written just before his own suicide; to a story of an all-too-brief affair in the old part of Tokyo by Hayashi Fumiko; to an unsettling tale of high politics and possible blackmail by the ever-popular Mishima Yukio. The volume also introduces the work of Ikeda Michiko and Inaba Mayumi, who have never been translated into English before.
Lawrence Rogers's introduction leads us on an intimate meditative stroll through the city's various districts--from the marble and mahogany of the business district to the skid row of San'ya--describing each in delightful vignettes. As an introduction to Tokyo and to the literary imaginations it has inspired, this engaging book will reveal something new about the nature of Japan's capital to all who wander through its pages.