Edmund Hardy / Namida Red is a writer and filmmaker of mixed Japanese-British heritage. He published a book of experimental philology, Complex Crosses (Contraband Books, 2014), and writes regularly on politics and poetry for Tribune and other publications. His films — the most recent being ‘A Field of Islands’ (2020) and 'Red Moon Journey' (2021) — combine animation, documentary, and dream-like narrative. Every Cruel Thing (Monitor Books, 2021) is his first collection of poetry. https://namidared.me/

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