What We're Reading Now

Flickr/ Stewart Butterfield. Creative Commons (CC by 2.0.) Some rights reserved. We're always reading fine works of poetry. T his month on Poetry Matters, instead of an in-depth review or interview, y ou�ll find three quick posts about what books have captured our attention: Barry George on Yosa Buson's haiku Anthony Fife on Rita Dove's American Smooth Rosemary Royston on Angela Jackson-Brown's House Repairs So take a look�you might find that next great book of poetry or a poet whose work resonates with you. And friends, please do share with us what you're reading. We're always looking for good books! Barry George on Steven Carter's Translations of Buson's Haiku Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology trans. Steven D. Carter Stanford University Press, (1993) ISBN: 978-0804722124 Currently I am making my way through Steven D. Carter's ambitious Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology (Stanford: Stanford UP, 1991). Here as elsewhere, one of ...