What’s Up with Worldplay? How-To #1

A review of Keri Smith. The Imaginary World of _____ (Your Name Here). A Perigee Book/Penguin Group, New York: 2014. I never thought I would pull a Lady Catherine de Bourgh. In Pride and Prejudice Mr. Darcy’s imperious aunt declares her love of music with the words: “If I had ever learnt, I should have […]

Secret Country Interviews, #1

I recently spoke with Lidia Rozmus, graphic designer, sumi-e artist and haiku poet, about her adult invention of an imaginary world. “Let There Be a Little Country”: A Conversation with Lidia Rozmus was published in the spring/summer 2014 issue (37.2) of Frogpond, the journal of the Haiku Society of America. Follow the link here for […]