In this workshop, we will examine the Japanese haiga as a form of graphic literature, emphasizing the fundamental principle of text and graphics interdependence. We will spend time looking at examples...

I fold origami figures out of Post-it Notes for my students—mementos for our last class. I pair Aqua Splash with Guava, Acid Lime with Iris Infusion, stick them back-to-back— not easy to manipulate wi...

I fold origami figures out of Post-it Notes for my students—mementos for our last class. I pair Aqua Splash with Guava, Acid Lime with Iris Infusion, stick them back-to-back— not easy to manipulate...

Visual haiga by Aaron Caycedo-Kimura. Twin Bird Review, issue 4.1 / Summer 2026.

The coyotes catch a whiff of offal, Vienna sausage, maybe horse teriyaki, but find nothing.

Visual haiga by Aaron Caycedo-Kimura. Twin Bird Review, issue 4.1 / Summer 2026.

Issue 4.1 / Summer 2026

Visual haiga by Aaron Caycedo-Kimura. Twin Bird Review, issue 4.1 / Summer 2026.

A Q&A with Aaron Caycedo-Kimura | I teach Introduction to Creative Writing at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, where most of my students are freshmen and sophomores. The goal of the course is t…

Liz, Connecticut poet

6:30 p.m.–8 p.m. PST / 9:30 p.m.–11 p.m. ESTFREE; registration required for Zoom link TICKETS Join us for the fifth annual virtual poetry reading wit…

As a (pre)Holiday season treat, we are grateful to share a piece from each of the poets who will be featured in our annual Nikkei Uncovered poetry event, happening on Tuesday, December 9, 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. (PST), in the virtual space through the Japanese American National Museum. We have a small feast here of text …

October 30, 2025 — We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Granum Foundation Prize!

Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.

Grandmother I imagine the delicate pucker of her mouth gaping like a wound. Her sokuhatsu updo, an oily black tangle on a dusty pillow. On May 24, 1945, eighteen years before I was born, Suyeme Kimura...

Poetry  by ​​Aaron Caycedo-Kimura

Tokyo Army Hospital, 1957 She looks over her left shoulder, body slightly twisted toward the shutterbug interrupting her conversation with the doctor. Nurse Hoshino, give us a smile! All in white. …