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Bathhouse and Other TankaTatsuhiko Ishii (trans. Hiroaki Sato) Only when a man becomes all naked do you know the shades of his life as an existential being, writes Tatsuhiko Ishii in his sensuous, exhilarating new collection of poetry Bathhouse and Other Tanka. For many decades now, Ishii has turned the classical poetic form of the tanka into its own innovative contemporary tradition. What was originally a five line 5 7 5 7 7 syllable verse form Ishii writes in one line,

the instructions of angels

” akin to searching for meaning through lip-reading

' opening space for interspecies eldership

Jullie zullen ze op vrije momenten lezen

and prejudices as our public and private lives intersect

Rosenberg’s voice is at once autobiographical and critical

bottoms up to the miracle

these "flowers for the ear

and endlessly entertaining

Eros the Bittersweet is Anne Carson's exploration of the concept of "eros" in both classical philosophy and literature

as well as to disparities of class and race

a meditation on Parmigianino's famous self-portrait