In September 1897 Yone Noguchi (1875 - 1947) contemplated crafting a poem to his new love, western writer Charles Warren Stoddard. Recently arrived in California, Noguchi was in awe of the established writer and the two had struck up a passionate correspondence. Still, he viewed their relationship as doomed not by the scandal of their same-sex affections, but their introverted dispositions and differences in background. In a poem dedicated to his dearest Charlie, Noguchi wrote: Thou and I, O Charles, sit alone like two shy stars, east and west! While confessing his love to Stoddard, Noguchi had a child (future sculptor Isamu Noguchi) with his editor, LA©onie Gilmour; became engaged to Washington Post reporter Ethel Armes; and upon his return to Japan married Matsu Takeda all within a span of seven years. According to author Amy Sueyoshi, Noguchi was not a dedicated polyamorist: He deliberately deceived the three women, to whom he either pretended or promised marriage while already...

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