Margaret Chula lived in Japan for twelve years where she taught English and creative writing at Kyoto Seika University and Doshisha Women’s College. Her twelve books include Grinding my ink and Shadow Lines, which received Haiku Society of America Book Awards and One Leaf Detaches, recipient of a Touchstone Distinguished Book Award. Her most recent collection, Firefly Lanterns: Twelve Years in Kyoto is a memoir written in haibun form. She has been a featured speaker at writers’ conferences throughout the United States, as well as in Poland, Canada, Peru, and Japan. Serving as president of the Tanka Society of America and as Poet Laureate for Friends of Chamber Music, she is currently on the advisory board for the Center for Japanese Studies.
