{"id":4132,"date":"2003-12-16T13:56:55","date_gmt":"2003-12-16T17:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2003\/12\/16\/haiku-coup-for-our-readers\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T15:00:35","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T19:00:35","slug":"haiku-coup-for-our-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/12\/16\/haiku-coup-for-our-readers\/","title":{"rendered":"Haiku Coup for Our Readers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"a389\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/KacianSelf.gif\" alt=\"kacianSelf\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">I<span> am very pleased to announce that <strong>Jim Kacian<\/strong>, a central figure in the world of English-language haiku, has generously offered to <strong>preview his upcoming haiku primer\/how-to book <em>at this website<\/em><\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Tentatively called <em>&#8220;First Thoughts&#8211;A Haiku Primer,&#8221; <\/em>Jim&#8217;s book will appear in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">monthly installments<\/span> here at <em>haikuEsq<\/em>, with the first installment now available <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$388\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">.\u00a0 You can\u00a0always reach it quickly from our right-margin navigation bar, by clicking &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/08\/07\/first-thoughts-a-haiku-primer-by-jim-kacian\/\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Jim Kacian&#8217;s How-to Primer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\">Jim wouldn&#8217;t want me gushing over his credentials as an editor, publisher and\u00a0author of haiku.\u00a0\u00a0 Nonetheless, the least I can say is that Jim is the editor\/founder of the venerable <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haikuworld.org\/books\/redmoon\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\">Red Moon Press<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\">, whose annual <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haikuworld.org\/books\/redmoon\/anthologies.html\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\">Anthologies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"> have won many awards and much praise.\u00a0 He\u00a0is also co-founder <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">of the World Haiku Society; and editor of <em>frogpond <\/em>(journal of the Haiku Society of America). <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\">Here&#8217;s the chance to painlessly learn from a master the delights of haiku &#8212; what it is, its history and future, and how to become a skilled reader and author of the genre.\u00a0\u00a0 Jim is hoping that our readers &#8212; that&#8217;s you! &#8212; will give him <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">feedback<\/span> on the <em>Primer<\/em>, by clicking on the &#8220;discuss this message&#8221; link at the end of each installment. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\">I know my readers are too intelligent (and insightful) to pass up this opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am very pleased to announce that Jim Kacian, a central figure in the world of English-language haiku, has generously offered to preview his upcoming haiku primer\/how-to book at this website. 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