Yatsuka Ishihara and associate, 1997, photo by Patrick Gallagher
Patrick Gallagher (haijinx autobio 2002) sent haijinx an article that interprets a dictum of Yatsuka Ishihara: “I believe that it is crucial for haiku to tell about the truth as if it were false.”
haijinx II:1 : Tell About The Truth As If It Were False (Spring 2002)
note from the editor
The original issues of haijinx are not indexed by the new site automatically. So from time to time I will add a quick post that links to an older piece. Eventually this will enable readers to find these original items using the tags, etc in the new haijinx.
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