In "A Cool Assessment” poet Anita Virgil offers new insights to the underlying role Shiki's tuberculosis plays in many of his poems.
Read the complete essay: “A Cool Assessment” (PDF, 74kb) by Anita Virgil
Intro haiku:
“ Alone
In the editorial department;
Summer rain falling. ”
Graphic Design/Collage: Donna Beaver
Note: Background Woodblock painting by Uehara Konen, 1878-1940 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division); Shiki portrait, photographer unknown (Public Domain Works).