Author Description

The world's premier publisher of Asian forms in English, Eastern Structures picks up where Contemporary Ghazals left off, publishing English-language examples of the Middle Eastern form, but now in addition to Korean sijo and Japanese forms such as haiku and tanka-rendered exclusively in the 5-7-5 and 5-7-5-7-7 syllabic structures. Issue 21 features the ghazals of Mace Hosseini, Alison Stone and John Baglow; the sijo of Edward Baranosky; the haiku of Priscilla Lignori, Alex Lubman, James Lignori, Jonathan Aylett, Reid Hepworth, Marcia Burton, Suzanne Tyrpak, Steve Denehan and several others; a renga by Joshua St. Claire and Jill Trade; 'When Does a Sunrise Begin?' -- an essay on the often dubious approaches to haiku history by Jim Wilson; and a review of Danielle Woerner's I Never Promised You a Cherry Orchard by R. W. Watkins. Issue 22 of Eastern Structures is expected in June of 2022, and submissions of traditionally structured Asian poetry and relevant non-fiction are welcome and encouraged.