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WRITING AND ENJOYING HAIKU
A Hands-on Guide

by Jane Reichhold

published by Kodansha International, ISBN:4-7700-2886-5, ¥1600, available in Japan in November, 2002, and in Australia, United Kingdom and the United States in February, 2003. Click on the above underlined title to get to Kodansha's page to find out all about the book if you do not already have it.

The resources section of any book is only as good as it is up to date. To be able to keep this ever-changing information accurate, this extensive section of Writing and Enjoying Haiku has been compiled and kept for you as a website. Here you will find:

 

A Glossary Of Literary Terms

 

Books about HAIKU
including anthologies, books about haiku writers, translations of haiku books and single author collections of haiku in paper publication and online.

 

Books about TANKA
 including anthologies, books about tanka writers, translations of tanka books and single author collections of tanka in paper publication and online.

 

Books about RENGA or LINKED POETRY
including anthologies, translations of renga books and collections of renga and linked poetry in paper publication and online.

 

Books of Mixed Oriental Genres
for books which deny being categorized. 

 

MAGAZINES
that feature or accept Japanese genres.

 

ORGANIZATIONS and LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES
featuring poetry in the Japanese genres.

 

 

We are interested in having your comments, questions, or book reviews of Writing and Enjoying Haiku: A Hands-on Guide and would like to add them to this site. 

As a further service to readers, we would like to create a gallery of the haiku written as the result of inspiration from the book. So pick your favorites and e-mail them to us.

 

Copyright © Jane Reichhold 2002.