Margaret ChulaMargaret Chula grew up on her grandparent's tobacco farm on the banks of the Connecticut River, where she explored eighty acres of woods and meadows. In her thirties, she traveled around the world with her husband and then settled in Kyōto for telve years, where she taught English and creative writing at universities. Maggie has published twelve collections of poetry, including Grinding my ink, which received the Haiku Society of America Book Award, and One Leaf Detaches, a 2019 Touchstone Distinguished Book Award winner. She has been a featured speaker and workshop leader at writers' conferences throughout the United States, as well as in Poland, Canada, Ireland, Peru, and Japan. In 2010, she was appointed Poet Laureate for Friends of Chamber Music in Portland, Oregon. She also served for five years as President of the Tanka Society of America and currently sits on the Advisory Board of the Center for Japanese Studies at Portland State University. Grants from Oregon Literary Arts and the Regional Arts and Culture Council have supported collaborations with artists, musicians, photographers, and dancers. She lives in Portland, Oregon, where she hikes, gardens, swims, and creates flower arrangements for every room of the house. Read More Read Less