Sunday, April 11, 2010

Issa, Renku, and Andrew Vachss news

A message from David G. Lanoue:

Dear Haiku Friends,

This May will mark the 10th year anniversary of my Haiku of Kobayashi Issa website. As part of a month-long celebration, I'd like to post your messages to Issa. These can be in the form of short notes addressed to Issa, telling him what he means to you--and, if you feel inspired, a haiku on any topic.

Along with these messages and haiku, I'm planning some other special surprises for my website in May--so be sure to stop by!

http://haikuguy.com/issa/

I appreciate your participation. Thanks!

David G. Lanoue
david1gerard@hotmail.com



Francine Banwarth sent this reminder:

The Bernard Lionel Einbond Renku Contest deadline is quickly approaching: in-hand April 30, 2010. Contest information is posted on the HSA website:

http://www.hsa-haiku.org/hsa-contests.htm




Robert Moyer sent this:

Jetted a review link off, a mystery novel by acclaimed writer Andrew Vachss. It's a decent hard-boiled novel that dances around haiku principles.  It's rare to find a mainstream novel that deals with haiku let alone one that does so with respect and competency.

1 comment:

Michael Dylan Welch said...

In addition to Andrew Vachss's novel Haiku, another relatively recent novel that has a lot of haiku in it is Dean Koontz's False Memory. There's a summary of the book at http://www.bookbrowse.com/reviews/index.cfm?book_number=360. Surprising that the summary doesn't mention haiku, but if you go to http://www.amazon.com/False-Memory-Dean-Koontz/dp/0553580221 and search inside the book preview, you can see that haiku appear frequently, and are also discussed. I have this book, but haven't read it yet. Has anyone else?