Who can forget, once having read them, Keats’ Ode On A Grecian Urn, or Auden’s homage to Breughel’s Icarus in his Musee des Beaux Arts? Both are exquisite examples of ekphrasis, defined as the vivid, often dramatic, verbal description of a visual work of art, either real or … [Read more...]
The Touchstone Distinguished Books Award Committee Announces Its Shortlist for 2018
The Haiku Foundation is pleased to announce The Touchstone Distinguished Book Awards Shortlist for books of haiku and related forms published in 2018. The sixty-seven books nominated for this year’s award represent a rich variety of English-speaking books from many nations and haiku traditions. Each … [Read more...]