The poet and translator Matsuki Masutani discusses his debut poetry collection I Will Be More Myself in the Next World (Mother Tongue Publishing, 2021), with Joseph Planta.

I Will Be More Myself in the Next World by Matsuki Masutani (Mother Tongue Publishing, 2021). Click to buy this book from Mother Tongue: I Will Be More Myself in the Next World

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

Matsuki Masutani joins me now. This past summer, he published his debut poetry collection I Will Be More Myself in the Next World. It’s a personal, intimate, and often funny and moving collection that covers his life, family, as well as aging and getting diagnosed with cancer and Parkinson’s. The book is charming. It’s wise, and it’s sentimental. Matsuki Masutani is a poet and translator living on Denman Island. He moved from Tokyo to Vancouver in 1976. In 1986, he moved to Denman Island. I’ll ask him about island life, and meeting his wife and their marriage. His poems have appeared in Geist, Capilano Review, and the anthology Love of the Salish Sea Islands. This book is from Mother Tongue Publishing. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, Matsuki Masutani; Mr. Masutani, good morning.

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