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More Not-So-Pretty Haiku: Impermanence

More Not-So-Pretty Haiku: Impermanence

by Staff | Apr 16, 2021 | WIR - Isabella Mori | 0 comments

“Instalment #2 of not-so-pretty cherry blossom haiku: Blossom petals on the ground always create a little anxious ambivalence in me…” Guest post by Isabella Mori.

The Rougher Side Of Cherry Blossoms

The Rougher Side Of Cherry Blossoms

by Staff | Apr 9, 2021 | Life at the House, WIR - Isabella Mori | 2 comments

Guest Post by Isabella Mori. “…People think of cherry blossoms when they think of haiku. I do, too – but so much so that I’ve lost my taste for pretty cherry blossom…”

Haiku and History Workshop with Isabella Mori

Haiku and History Workshop with Isabella Mori

by Staff | Apr 6, 2021 | Events, WIR - Isabella Mori | 2 comments

Join us on April 25 for a writing workshop with Isabella Mori to learn about the history of haiku and to write your own haiku about important moments in personal, cultural, or geographic history.

Mental Health & Addiction with Isabella Mori

Mental Health & Addiction with Isabella Mori

by Staff | Mar 17, 2021 | Events, WIR - Isabella Mori | 0 comments

Mental Health & Addiction: Poems, short stories, interviews, research. Isabella Mori will share their project that combines poems and short stories with interviews and research on the topics of mental health and addiction, from loneliness to neurodiversity and the...
A Knock

A Knock

by Staff | Feb 26, 2021 | WIR - José Teodoro | 0 comments

A guest post by José Teodoro, in residence at Historic Joy Kogawa House in January and February 2021.

January and February workshops with José Teodoro

January and February workshops with José Teodoro

by Staff | Jan 8, 2021 | Events, WIR - José Teodoro | 0 comments

Kogawa House at Home: Our Writing Workshops Online Happy New Year, writers! We hope that 2021 is the year you ramp up your writing practice and celebrate the writer within you! Plan to take advantage of our monthly writing workshops – now offered live and completely...
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