Some reading and listening materials to take you into the year of the tiger. . . .
Haiku Chronicles: Episode 9—The Definition (featuring Anita Virgil)
which includes the essays:
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both by Dr. Dimitar Anakiev
Shamrock Haiku Journal #12
Haiku Journal of the Irish Haiku Society
“Theoretical Apparitions of Haiku : An Intermedial Interrogation of Modernity”
by Tollof Nelson
The Heron’s Nest XI:4 (December 09)
a full view of
The Fifth Season
*new year ku*
by robin d. gill
selections from
Shinsen 21 (New Selection 21)
an anthology of the haiku poets under 40-year-olds
translated by Fay Aoyagi
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I can’t wait to get back to all the reading material. I’m just collecting some directionals for the New Year’s journey. Just keep this post availble for awhile…it looks like one we’ll be visiting again and again. New Year wanderings…
thanks Gabi and Chris.
here’s a short interview Robert Hass did with us for Roadrunner:
http://www.roadrunnerjournal.net/pages74/reads74.htm
A video of Robert Hass reading some of his Issa translations on the website of “poetry” magazine. A pretty prominent place to find mention of haiku…
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/journal/videoitem.html?id=23
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Thanks for all the reading suggestions!
For those with another moment to spare, check in with the latest kigo and topics collected during 2009 !
Workd Kigo Database Newsletter
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/
I am working on some of the New Year Humanity kigo, there are plenty of cultural keywords.
http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2009/02/saijiki-new-year-humanity.html
Here it is lunchtime, I just had my first early peek at New Year food (they sell cheap boxes already … mjami )
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-year-food.html
Greetings from Gabi in Japan, expecting snow for tomorrow night.
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