The following poem, a contemporary take on the Californian Dream, was delivered at the 2019 bonenkai by Preston Keido Houser, who followed it up with a shakuhachi piece in lighter vein. A villanelle is a fixed-form poem consisting of five tercets and a quatrain and follows a specific rhyme scheme using only two different sounds. …Read More
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The Nature of Kyoto (2023)
Eds. Lisa Twaronite Sone & Robert Weis
Foreword by Pico Iyer
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Foreword by Judith Clancy
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Foreword by Juliet Winters Carpenter
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Eds: John Dougill, Amy Chavez, & Mark Richardson
Preface by Alex Kerr
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