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Mata Ashita zine: Talking Across Generations
edited by Erica H Isomura & Megan Kiyoko Wray
cover art & design by Erica H Isomura
March 2025

This collection of writing and art is an exercise in bridging gaps among participants of Mata Ashita, the Japanese Canadian Writing Circle. It is an ode to listening and being heard, bringing writers and artists into conversation with one another.

Print copies are available to order here.
© 2025 Erica H. Isomura
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  • HOME
  • BIO
  • WORK
    • artist books & zines >
      • Family History (2025)
      • mapping unknown futures (2025)
      • A vessel for the past/future (2024)
      • we missed you (2024-)
      • Talking With All The Lonely Trees (2024)
      • Family History (2024)
      • Grapes (2024)
      • Mouse House (2024)
      • untitled accordion (2024)
      • 68 books I read (2024)
      • Mata Ashita: Talking Across Generations zine (2024)
      • Dee's Mental Health Bucket List zine (2024)
      • Foods we ate at the cottage (2023)
      • handmade notebooks (2012-)
    • collage & mixed-media >
      • ASAHI: Japanese Canadian Baseball Heroes (2026)
      • Let's Go Blue Jays series (2025)
      • Mini Collage Notebook series (2025)
      • Portraiture
    • comics >
      • Sifting (poetry comic)
      • Ducks to Watch Out For (comic)
      • Observations on a Sunday bike ride (comic)
      • Diary Comics
    • graphic design
    • installation >
      • Talk To Your Neighbours (2020)
      • Altar for Qingming (2026)
    • live event drawings
    • mural design
    • printmaking >
      • botanical prints
      • POETRY REMINDS ME TO INSIST ON ONE'S FREEDOM (2025)
      • Sumo Sundays (2025)
      • Year of the Dragon (2024)
    • sound >
      • From the Prairies to the Pacific Rim (2021)
    • writing >
      • poetry
      • excerpt of 'language is' on CBC Books (poetry)
      • 'MOTION' in Vallum magazine (poetry)
      • 'Haibun for Feb 19' in Nikkei Uncovered (poetry)
      • three poems on ArtsEverywhere.ca
      • non-fiction
      • 'FOR THE DREAMERS' in Briarpatch (essay)
      • 'Lessons For Future Ancestors: Reflections on Mentorship' for ROOM Magazine (essay)
  • WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
    • teaching portfolio
  • EVENTS
    • artist talks, readings & other events
    • past community events >
      • haymarket poetry: heaven looks like us x the gate of memory
      • ensoku 2023: tashme
      • ensoku 2019: a gathering for young-ish japanese canadians
  • MEDIA & INTERVIEWS
  • CONTACT