On the cover: The Story of Issa, Japanese Haiku Poet (technically, this is not a subtitle, as it does not appear on the title page, but I think it should, and if it had . . . well, read on).
San Carolos, CA: Golden Gate Junior Books, 1970. Illustrated by Lydia Cooley; written “with the editorial [...]
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Fukuda, Hanako. Wind in My Hand.
Posted in Books for Children, History, Translations, tagged Hanako Fukuda, Issa, Lydia Cooley, Mark Taylor, Wind in My Hand on 3 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Haiku Canada Review, 2:1 (February 2008).
Posted in Associations, History, Periodicals--Haikai, Uncategorized, tagged essays, haiku, LeRoy Gorman, linked poems, reviews, tanka on 26 April 2008 | 1 Comment »
Edited by LeRoy Gorman.
Comes with membership in Haiku Canada (details below).
Well, thing pile up while you’re distracted, as I have been for the past several months, with work (that brings in the wherewithal to keep going) doing one of the things I most enjoy, working with students and teachers to improve their writing and [...]
BfS: Donald Keene. World Within Walls—1600–1867.
Posted in Academic Books, Books about haikai, Books for Sale, History, Scholarly Books, tagged Donald Keene, haikai, History, renga, Tokugawa Era, World Within Walls on 19 April 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Full title:
World Within Walls: Japanese Literature of the Pre-Modern Era, 1600–1867.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976. Hardcover, 6.5×9.5″ (17×23.5 cm), 606 + xv pages.
Condition: In d.j. with three slight tears and slight creasing, text and binding mint condition, signed by the author.
Original price: $22.95; this copy: $15 + shipping. Click for ordering info.
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BfS: Donald Keene. Dawn to the West—Poetry, Drama, Criticism
Posted in Academic Books, Books for Sale, History, Seasons & Calendars, Translations, tagged criticism, Dawn to the West, Donald Keene, drama, poetry on 18 April 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Full title:
Dawn to the West: Japanese Literature in the Modern Era—Poetry, Drama, Criticism. (Note that there is another volume with the same title, only differing at the end, where “Fiction” replaces “Poetry, Drama, Criticism”; that other volume is over 1300 pages long, and is not for sale here.)
New York: Henry Holt, 1984. Paperback, 6×9.25″ (15.5×23.5 [...]
