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Not-so-pretty haiku: Pink rain

Not-so-pretty haiku: Pink rain

by Staff | Apr 30, 2021 | Life at the House, WIR - Isabella Mori | 0 comments

Instalment #4 of not-so-pretty cherry blossoms by our writer-in-residence, Isabella Mori: “Of course these cherry blossoms are pretty, and when the late April wind has them drift through the air and form a delicious pink carpet, how can they not delight? And yet … “

Not-so-pretty haiku: The old tree

Not-so-pretty haiku: The old tree

by Staff | Apr 23, 2021 | Life at the House, WIR - Isabella Mori | 3 comments

Guest post by Isabella Mori Instalment #3 of not-so-pretty cherry blossom haiku: Every day I spend at Historic Joy Kogawa House, I sit at a desk that looks directly at the famous cherry tree in the backyard. It probably won’t survive much longer. In the storm last...
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.

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...
Dialogue with Psychologist Dr. Joti Samra

Dialogue with Psychologist Dr. Joti Samra

by Residencies | Jun 12, 2019 | Events, WIR - Victoria Kuttainen | 0 comments

Dr. Joti Samra is in conversation with Victoria Kuttainen on Tuesday, June 18, 7:30 to 9:00pm, exploring the challenges of mental health issues as they affect families, the role of narrative in healing, the ethics of telling, and barriers to identifying and seeking help for mental health issues, in migrant communities.

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