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Frogpond 38.2 • 2015

Museum of Haiku
Literature Award

Haiku & Senryu

Essay 1 - Haiku Diction

Essay 2 - Haiku Ethics

Haibun

Haiku Sequence

Renku

Book Reviews

From the Editors

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Into the Light by Harriot West

Harriot West. Into the Light. Mountains and Rivers Press, 2014, 45 pp., perfect softbound, 5.5 x 8.5 inches. ISBN 0-978-0-9896021-2-9. US$15 plus shipping from mountainsandriverspress.org.

reviewed by Melissa Allen, Madison, WI

<Into the Light - review>
(complete PDF version)

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The Bone Carver by Ron C. Moss

Ron C. Moss. The Bone Carver. Ormskirk, Great Britain: Snapshot Press, 2014, 112 pp., perfect softbound, 5 x 7.75 inches. ISBN 978-1-903543-32-0. £9.99, US$23 (includes shipping) from www.snapshotpress.co.uk.

reviewed by Michael McClintock, Clovis, CA

<The Bone Carver - review>
(complete PDF version)

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Elements of a Life by Rebecca Lilly

Rebecca Lilly. Elements of a Life. Winchester, VA: Red Moon Press, 2014, 112 pp., perfect softbound, 4.25 x 6.5 inches. ISBN 978-1-936848-34-8. US$12 from www.redmoonpress.com.

reviewed by Michele Root-Bernstein, East Lansing, MI

<Elements of Life - review>
(complete PDF version)

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Briefly Reviewed

<Briefly Reviewed>
(complete PDF version)

Robert Epstein. Haiku Forest Afterlife. West Union, WV: Middle Island Press, 2014, 136 pp., perfect softbound, 5 x 8 inches ISBN 978-0-69221-2170-9. US$13 from www.create space.com and www.amazon.com.

Bob Lucky. Ethiopian Time. St. Paul, MN: Red Bird Chapbooks, 2014, 52 pp., single signature, hand sewn, 5.5 x 7 inches. 100 copy edition. US$12 + shipping from www.redbird chapbooks.com.

John Gonzalez. Crystal Clear. Sutton Bridge, England: The Magic Pen Press with Hub Editions, 2014, 69+ pages, hand- made softbound, 5.25 x 7.25 inches. ISBN 978-0-9576460-3-2. £6.50 from Hub Editions, Longhold, East Bank, Wingland, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire PE12 9YS, UK.

Edward J. Rielly. Spring Rain Winter Snow. Brunswick, ME: Shanti Arts Publishing, 2014, 32 pp., 18 illustrations, hardcover, 9 x 9 inches. ISBN 978-1-941830-94-9. US$19.99 from www.shantiarts.com.

Ion Codrescu. Something Out of Nothing, 72 Haiga. Winchester, VA: Red Moon Press, 2014, 162 pp., perfect soft- bound, 7.5 x 10 inches. ISBN 978-1-936848-35-5. US$30 from www.redmoonpress.com.

Renée Owen. Alone on a Wild Coast. Ormskirk, Great Britain: Snapshot Press, 2014, 72 pp., perfect softbound, 5 x 7.5 inches. ISBN 978-1-903543-34-4. £9.99, US$23 (includes shipping) from www.snapshotpress.co.uk.

Gary Hotham, ed. Take-out Window: Haiku Society of America 2014 Members’ Anthology. New York: Haiku Society of America, 2014, 124 pp., perfect softbound, 5.5 x 8.5 inches. ISBN 978-1-930172-12-8.

Steven Carter. A Wilderness of Mirrors, 2014, 164 pp. ISBN 978-1-910185-06-3. Ocean in the Drop, 2014, 144 pp. ISBN 978-1-910185-08-7. The Heretical Owl: A Steven Carter Miscellany, 2015, 120 pp. ISBN 978-1-910185-14-8. Uxbridge, UK: Alba Publishing, perfect softbound, 5.25 x 5.75 inches. £10.00, US$15 each from www.albapublishing.com.

Jim Kacian & the Red Moon Editorial Staff, eds. Big Data: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2014. Winchester, VA: Red Moon Press, 2015, 206 pp., perfect softbound, 5.5 x 8.25 inches. ISBN 978-1-936848-36-2. US$17 from www.redmoonpress.com.

briefly reviewed by Michele Root-Bernstein, East Lansing, Michigan
& Francine Banwarth, Dubuque, Iowa

<Briefly Reviewed>
(complete PDF version)

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