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Firefly Lanterns: Twelve Years in Kyōto

Name: Firefly Lanterns: Twelve Years in Kyōto
Brand: Shanti Arts LLC
SKU: 9781951651985
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Contributors:

Margaret Chula

Publisher:

Shanti Arts LLC

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Biography & Autobiography, Travel, Poetry

Book Subcategory:

Personal Memoirs, Asia, Subjects & Themes

Book Topic:

East, Places

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Release Date:

2021-08-24

ISBN 13:

9781951651985

Weight:

0.58 lbs

Size:

9.00 x 6.00 x 0.38 inches

Pages:

140

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Description

In 1980, having spent two years traveling the globe, Margaret Chula and her husband, John Hall, agreed that they wanted to live and work in a different culture for an extended period. They chose Japan. Chula was drawn to the subtleties of Japanese poetry and to a culture that celebrated the beauty of everyday life. Once settled, they immersed themselves in the joys and challenges of living in a traditional Japanese house. Upon their return to the U.S. in 1992, they were pressed for stories about their "exotic" lives in Kyōto. Chula began to write her recollections in the Japanese form haibun, a combination of prose and haiku. The result offers a glimpse into the life of a gaijin (outside person) with humorous, embarrassing, and heartbreaking stories. Complemented with select photographs, Firefly Lanterns is the story of an inner journey enriched by knowedge of Japanese history and culture and relayed in the rich and artful haibun form-a beautiful homage to a remarkable and life-changing experience.

About the Author
Chula, Margaret: - Margaret Chula grew up on her grandparent's tobacco farm on the banks of the Connecticut River, where she explored eighty acres of woods and meadows. In her thirties, she traveled around the world with her husband and then settled in Kyōto for twelve years, where she taught English and creative writing at universities. Maggie has published twelve collections of poetry, including Grinding my ink, which received the Haiku Society of America Book Award, and One Leaf Detaches, a 2019 Touchstone Distinguished Book Award winner. She has been a featured speaker and workshop leader at writers' conferences throughout the United States, as well as in Poland, Canada, Ireland, Peru, and Japan. In 2010, she was appointed Poet Laureate for Friends of Chamber Music in Portland, Oregon. She also served for five years as President of the Tanka Society of America and currently sits on the Advisory Board of the Center for Japanese Studies at Portland State University. Grants from Oregon Literary Arts and the Regional Arts and Culture Council have supported collaborations with artists, musicians, photographers, and dancers. She lives in Portland, Oregon, where she hikes, gardens, swims, and creates flower arrangements for every room of the house.