Fukushima Dreams

Andrea Moorhead was born in 1947 near Niagara Falls, New York. She spent her adolescence in Connecticut then went to Pennsylvania where she studied philosophy and French at Chatham University. She moved to upstate New York with her husband Robert, where, in 1972, they founded the international poetry journal Osiris, one of the first journals in the United States to publish poems in foreign languages. In 1976, the Moorheads settled in Deerfield, Massachusetts, where they taught at Deerfield Academy for thirty-eight years. Since their retirement, they have been involved in graphic design and editorial work. Moorhead writes both in English and in French. Her most recent collections are The Carver's Dream (Red Dragonfly Press) and À l'ombre de ta voix (Le Noroît). Her translations of Francophone poetry include the work of Abderrahmane Djelfaoui, Élise Turcotte, Hélène Dorion, and Marie-Christine Masset. Visual poetry is a special love; her photos appear in the publications of Edizioni Anterem in Italy and in numerous international literary journals.

Fukushima Dreams goes to the heart of the March 2011 nuclear disaster in Japan and expresses people's bewilderment, loss, and sorrow. By sharing their feelings, however, people rediscover faith, joy, and the power of the imagination.