Books Briefly Reviewed
A Lost Prophet
A Lost Prophet by Jacob Salzer (Brooks Books, Taylorville, IL: 2024). 60 pages, perfectbound paperback. ISBN: 978-1-929820-34-4. $15 from www.brooksbookshaiku.com.
Soseki Natsume's Collected Haiku
Soseki Natsume's Collected Haiku: 1,000 Verses from Japan's Most Popular Writer edited by Erik Lofgren (Tuttle Publishing, Rutland, VT: 2025). 312 pages, hardcover. ISBN: 978-4-8053-1845-4. $19.99 from tuttlepublishing.com.
Crazy Bitches
Crazy Bitches: Selected Haibun by Roberta Beary (MacQ, Winston- Salem, NC: 2025). 128 pages, perfect softbound. ISBN: 978-8-3305-6606-8. $25.00 from online booksellers.
One Hundred Poems from Old Japan
One Hundred Poems from Old Japan: A New Translation of the Hyakunin Isshu edited by Fujiwara no Teika and translated by Michael Freiling, (Tuttle Publishing, Rutland, VT: 2025). 223 pages, hardcover. ISBN: 978-4-8053-1923-9. $19.99 from tuttlepublishing.com.
The Poetry of Chiyo-ni
The Poetry of Chiyo-ni: The Life and Art of Japan’s Most Celebrated Woman Haiku Master edited and translated by Patricia Donegan and Yoshie Ishibashi (Tuttle Publishing, Rutland, VT: 2025). 253 pages, hardcover. ISBN: 978- 4-8053-1866-9. $19.99 from tuttlepublishing.com.
Bird Haiku
Bird Haiku: Poems and Illustrations of North American Birds by Spencer Thompson (Sioux Falls, SD, Oxbow Commitee: 2025). 126 pages, perfect softbound. ISBN: 979-8-218-62541-2. $24.00 from online booksellers.