Michiko Niikuni Wilson was born and raised in Japan, and studied in the United States for her B.A. in English, and received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Texas at Austin. She teaches Japanese language, literature, and culture at the University of Virginia. Her interests cover a wide range of topics, including feminist literary criticism and cross-cultural communications. She has written many articles on modern Japanese literature, and is the author of The Marginal World of ?e Kenzaburo: A Study in Themes and Techniques (M.E. Sharpe, 1986) Michael K. Wilson graduated from the University of Texas at Austin where he majored in Asian Studies with an area concentration on Japan and China and also pursued graduate study in Comparative Literature and Education. Besides modern Japanese and Chinese literatures and cultures, his interests range from Latin American literature to environmental issues. He is an information specialist at the University of Virginia