The Haiku Handbook -25th Anniversary Edition: How to Write, Teach, and Appreciate Haiku
"The most thorough treatment haiku has received in English." —Los Angeles Times"The most comprehensive compendium of the haiku—its nature, uses, and history—ever to appear in English, or any other language except Japanese." —New York Times Book Review"The Haiku Handbookis an indispensable and exhilarating overview, as inviting and clear as it is scholarly, as exuberantly passionate as it is informative and comprehensive. All who write, read, or teach poetry will find themselves broadened, magnetized, and welcomed by these gate-opening pages." —Jane Hirshfield poet, co-translator ofThe Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Komachi and Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan"For many years,The Haiku Handbookhas been without rival and the fullest, clearest, and most engaging guide to its profound and fascinating subject." —X. J. Kennedy