Frog Poet

by David Lanoue

Overview

In this comic novel characters in Old Japan and contemporary New Orleans consider the possibility that a certain poetically gifted frog might be a reincarnated haiku master.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940015007046
Publisher:	Haikuguy.com
Publication date:	07/26/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	184
File size:	88 KB

About the Author

David G. Lanoue is a professor of English at Xavier University of Louisiana. He is a cofounder of the New Orleans Haiku Society and an associate member of the Haiku Foundation. His books include a translation ('Cup-of-Tea Poems; Selected Haiku of Kobayashi Issa'), criticism ('Pure Land Haiku: The Art of Priest Issa'), and a series of "haiku novels": 'Haiku Guy', 'Laughing Buddha', 'Haiku Wars' and 'Frog Poet'. Some of his books have appeared in French, German, Spanish, Bulgarian, Serbian and Japanese editions. He maintains 'The Haiku of Kobayashi Issa' website, for which he translated 10,000 of Issa's haiku.