Ichiten Kitatsuji's first tanka collection precisely observes laboratory work, cells, light, windows, and small things in daily life while portraying a solitary self and its boundary with the world. A restrained, elegant style resonates with expressions of poetic discovery.

A tanka collection that opens the boundary between self and world through language attentive to detail.

Naoko Hiraoka's first tanka collection transforms everyday things into vivid collisions of imagery, exploring love, longing for others, the body, and a sense of insufficiency in language. Expressions in which multiple voices overlap open a tanka world beyond the individual speaker.

A tanka collection that draws longing for others and the wavering of language from sharp images of everyday life.