The JET Programme

I have another book of poetry in me about Japan, where I spent some time living and working while participating in the world's biggest international exchange program, The Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (http://www.jetprogramme.org/).

I was stationed in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture.

The book of poetry requires me to revisit Japan for an extended period of time. When I was there, I already had my academic training and this collection of poems. I focused in Japanese poetics and I began studying the language.

Basho and Ryokan still linger in my mind.

My connection to Japan lies not just with my wife and my willful pursuit of Japanese culture for the sake of my sons. My great uncle on my mother's side, a professor of landscape architecture, wrote a book about Japan published by Yale University Press (Amazon listing).