412 E 6th St
Bloomington
IN 47408
The Writers Guild at Bloomington presents
The launch reading of Hiromi Yoshida’s 5th poetry chapbook Umami (Alien Buddha Press, 26 March 2025)
“Hiromi Yoshida offers up a delectable assortment of poems with Umami. Taste is the thing and getting at the intangible yet discernable vibe of these dishes is what’s on the menu. Lighter fare than Yoshida is typically known for, these poems entice with clear observant details and careful surveys of the palate. Here we are treated to dishes both traditional and modern, ethnic and monocultural. Childhood memories conjure up TV dinners in America or sticky hands in Taipei. And of course, Icarus remains, reduced by now to name-dropped specter. Salad fork, not centerpiece. A distant speck: “floating signifier like that solitary / cheese that couldn’t stand / alone, grilled for his stupidity.” Hiromi Yoshida’s Umami is a feast for the poetic senses.”
—Tony Brewer, 2024 Indiana Literary Champion
Also Featured: April Ridge, Writers Guild at Bloomington chair, and author of Monstrous (Pure Sleeze Press, 2024).
Join us for an umami-filled evening of poetry and food!
Open mic to follow readings.