Bashō. Bashō’s Narrow Road: Spring & Autumn Passages; “Narrow Road to the Interior” and the Renga Sequence “A Farewell Gift to Sora”. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press, 1996. My obsession with Bashō continues! I have several other translations of Narrow Road…, but I haven’t read A Farewell Gift to Sora before.Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Haiku Edition”
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Books Acquired Recently: AWP Edition
I attended AWP‘s annual conference this past week and came back with lots of books! Here’s what I got, with some explanatory notes as necessary. Akbar, Kaveh. Pilgrim Bell: Poems. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2021. I attended a panel that Akbar was part of and had him sign this book afterwards. He was incredibly sweet andContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: AWP Edition”
Books Acquired Recently: Haiku+1
I’ve been reading as much as I can lately as part of my continuing explorations of haiku. To that end, I bought these three books: Bashō. Bashō and His Interpreters: Selected Hokku with Commentary. Edited and Translated by Makoto Ueda. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1992. Goldberg, Natalie. Three Simple Lines: A Writer’s Pilgrimage IntoContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Haiku+1”
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