In a recent podcast, Paul Franz, the editor of Literary Imagination, hosts Shizuka Omori reading her poetry along with translations by poet Yuki Tanaka. After the reading, Franz interviews Omori... read more →
Literary Imagination Volume 27, Number 3, 2025 can be found here. Literary Imagination is a forum for all those interested in the distinctive nature, uses, and pleasures of literature, from... read more →
Paul Franz, the editor of Literary Imagination, has interviewed Ryan Hintzman on his article on Japanese lyric, "Distant Views of Waka Bay: Traditional Japanese Verse and the Question of Lyric",... read more →
Literary Imagination Volume 27, Number 3, 2025 can be found here. Literary Imagination is a forum for all those interested in the distinctive nature, uses, and pleasures of literature, from... read more →
The Twenty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers will take place Thursday, November 6 to Sunday, November 9, 2025, at the Ohio State University in... read more →



