Travels with a Writing Brush: Classical Japanese Travel Writing from the Manyoshu to Basho #Carcanetpress Whip-hot & Grippy is a

Whip-hot & Grippy is a highly innovative ‘collection of possibilities in a state of emergency’

with Hannah Lowe and Jane Commane as selecting editors

/ the wheat that dies into bread and portions out our lives

'Hölderlin is a poet we can read with our own atrocious times in mind

the same “warmth and a reassurance … in the correspondence itself

Travels with a Writing Brush: Classical Japanese Travel Writing from the Manyoshu to Basho #Carcanetpress Whip-hot & Grippy is aA rich, exquisite and original anthology that illuminates Japanese travel writing over a thousand years. Roaming over mountains and along perilous shores, this anthology illuminates over a thousand years of Japanese travel writing. It takes in songs, diaries, tales and poetry, and ranges from famous works including The Pillow Book and the works of Basho to pieces such as the diary of a young girl who longs to return to the capital and her beloved