Tree Spirits Grass SpiritsHiromi Ito Written between April 2012 and November 2013, Tree Spirits Grass Spirits adopts a non linear narrative flow that mimics the growth of plants, and can be read as a companion piece to Ito's beloved poem "Wild Grass on the Riverbank". Rather than the vertiginously violent poetics of the latter, Tree Spirits Grass Spirits serves as what we might call a phyto autobiography: a recounting of one's life through the logic of flora. Ito's graciously