Each week, I attempt to introduce you to something new — a song I’ve heard or a band I’ve fallen for, a beer and food pairing that I’ve enjoyed, or a poet or writer that I know about but you may not. In the latter category, it seems, I have been focused mainly on the deceased,… Continue reading Tell Me Again, Hayden…
Tag: Sam Hamill
The Everyday Essentialness of Issa
Each morning I get an email from a Japanese poet who’s been dead for almost 200 years. And I don’t think that’s weird. Actually, I asked for it and couldn’t get by without it. It all started last summer. While doing some research for an article I was writing about fireflies, I stumbled upon a Web site… Continue reading The Everyday Essentialness of Issa