Essences

Essences explores the roots of the “haiku movement” in North America

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Essence #3
(part 3)

By Carmen Sterba

Carmen Sterba’s Interview with Cor van den Heuvel
〜Part 3 of 3〜

Carmen Sterba: Does the fact that you read your early haiku in coffee houses cause you to be more dramatic in your readings? Would you like to see haiku read more [...]

Essences explores the roots of the “haiku movement” in North America

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Essence #3
(part 2)

By Carmen Sterba

Carmen Sterba’s Interview with Cor van den Heuvel
〜Part 2 of 3〜

Carmen Sterba: How much were you influenced by Jack Kerouac? Was it his autobiographical novels or his haiku?
Cor van den Heuvel: At that time, I knew nothing about his haiku. I [...]

Essences began as a column written by Carmen Sterba in the North American Post in Seattle, WA, a bilingual newspaper in Japanese and English. Its purpose is to go back to the roots of the “haiku movement” in North America: the major poets, the individual styles of haiku, the books, the journals [...]

Essences began as a column written by Carmen Sterba in the North American Post in Seattle, WA, a bilingual newspaper in Japanese and English. Its purpose is to go back to the roots of the “haiku movement” in North America: the major poets, the individual styles of haiku, the books, the journals [...]

 Essences began as a column written by Carmen Sterba in  the North American Post in Seattle, WA, a bilingual  newspaper in Japanese and English. Its purpose is to go  back to the roots of the “haiku movement” in North America:  the major poets, the individual styles of haiku, the books, the  journals and conferences as [...]