The Reading Room

Books, Essays, and Websites.

 

  1.  The Narrow Thread by Anita Virgil.  Complete Basho Essay from Episode 12. In 2004 Ray Bradbury wrote to Virgil calling it “fascinating.”
  2. Buson’s Two Candles by Anita Virgil. Complete Buson Essay from Episode 14.
  3. Issa: The Uses of Adversity by Anita Virgil.  Reprinted from the Red Moon Anthology 1998; Published here by the author’s permission, copyright (c) 1998 by Anita Virgil.  Complete Issa Essay from Episode 16.
  4.  A Cool Assessment (PDF) by Anita Virgil.  Reprinted from the Frogpond, Vol XIV:2 Summer 1991; Published here by the author’s permission, copyright (c) 1991 by Anita Virgil. Complete Shiki Essay from Episode 19.