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From the National Book Award finalist citation:“From the 15th century to the future

In The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke

and unafraid to reveal self-doubt and disappointment

Haiku Illustrated: Classic Japanese Short Poems home goods Crafted by artisans in SouthTranslated by Hart Larrabee Haiku Illustrated features 90 classic poems from four poets Matsuo Bash, Yosa Buson, Kobayashi Issa and Masaoka Shiki which range across more than 200 years of Japanese poetry. There are few rules to haiku, but they are strict: 17 phonetic sounds, a sense of cutting images or ideas, and a reference to a season. From those restrictions, poets have written about many things, from the years first blossom to aging, from