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Frogpond 46.1 • 2023

Museum of Haiku
Literature Award

Haiku & Senryu

Essay 1 - Repetition in Haiku

Essay 2 - Punctuation Words in English Haiku

Haibun

Renku

Book Reviews

Haiku Society of America

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Books Briefly Reviewed

Reviewed by Taofeek Ayeyemi, Randy Brooks, Edward Cody Huddleston, Michael Ketchek, Kristen Lindquist, Laurie D. Morrissey, Pippa Phillips, Tom Sacramona, Agnes Eva Savich, and James Schlett.

<Books Briefly Reviewed>
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A Box of Feathers

A Box of Feathers by Brad Bennett (Red Moon Press, Winchester, VA: 2022). 98 pages, 4.25" x 6.5". Four color covers, perfect softbound. ISBN: 978- 1-958408-03-2. $20 from www.redmoonpress.com.

reviewed by Laurie D. Morrissey

<A Box of Feathers - review by Laurie D. Morrissey>
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Shifting Light

Shifting Light by Hannah Mahoney (Backbone Press, Durham, NC: 2022). 32 pages, 7" x 5". Glossy covers, perfect softbound. ISBN: 978-1-7363467-6-1. $10 from https://backbonepress.org/category/haiku-collections.

reviewed by Renée Owen

<Shifting Light - review by Renée Owen>
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Lenard D. Moore and African American Haiku

Lenard D. Moore and African American Haiku: Merging Traditions by Ce Rosenow (Lexington Books, Landham, MD: 2022). 89 pages, 6.32" x 8.95". ISBN: 978-1-7936-5317-8. $85 hardcover, $45 eBook from https://rowman. com/ISBN/9781793653178/Lenard-D-Moore-and-African-American- Haiku-Merging-Traditions.

reviewed by Crystal Simone Smith

<Lenard D. Moore and African American Haiku -
review by Crystal Simone Smith
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Miles Deep In A Drum Solo

Miles Deep In A Drum Solo by Cherie Hunter Day (Backbone Press, Durham, NC: 2022). 36 pages, 7" x 5". Glossy covers, perfect softbound. ISBN: 978-1-7363467-5-4. $10 from backbonepress.org.

reviewed by Alan Summers

<Miles Deep In A Drum Solo - review by Alan Summers>
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All the Stars I Can Swallow

All the Stars I Can Swallow by Laurie D. Morrissey (Red Moon Press, Winchester, VA: 2022). 98 pages, 4.25" x 6.5". Perfect softbound, matte cover. ISBN: 978-1-958408-01-8. $20.00 from redmoonpress.com.

reviewed by Kristen Lindquist

<All the Stars I Can Swallow - review by Kristen Lindquist>
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Blessed: Modern Haibun on Almost Every Despair

Blessed: Modern Haibun on Almost Every Despair by Andrew Riutta (Red Moon Press, Winchester, VA: 2022). 164 pages, 6" x 9". Four color covers, perfect softbound. ISBN: 978-1-958408-07-0. $20 from www.redmoonpress. com.

reviewed by Terri L. French

<Blessed: Modern Haibun on Almost Every Despair -
review by Terri L. French
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Teaching and Learning Haiku in English

Teaching and Learning Haiku in English by David McMurray (University of Kagoshima, Fujiki Printing: 2022). 148 pages, 7" x 10". Red cloth with gold titles, hardcover. ISBN: 978-4-9901352-66-6. Teaching and Learning Haiku in English is available in Japan from the Kinokuniya Book Center’s e-mail: ke00@kinokuniya.co.jp. The book can also be shipped to U.S. and Canadian postal addresses using PayPal to David McMurray (e-mail: mcmurray@int.iuk.ac.jp).

reviewed by Jerome Berglund

<Teaching and Learning Haiku in English
- review by Jerome Berglund
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(complete PDF version)

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