READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2006

Please read the following short essays/internet links on Prose Poems and Flash Fiction/Microfiction for discussion in class on January 23:

Wikipedia Definition of Prose Poetry

Poetic Form: Prose Poem at Poets.org (Please click on and read all the links to the left, including the sample prose poems, the essays by Karen Volkman and Sarah Manguso, as well as the interview with Robert Haas).

Wikipedia Definition of Flash Fiction

The Essentials of Microfiction, by Camille Renshaw

Flashes on the Meridian: Dazzled by Flash Fiction, by Pamelyn Casto

Important!! Please bring 25 workshop copies of Assignment #1 - Haibun to class on January 23 for workshop distribution!

Additional Haibun Definitions, Links, and Models:

Haibun: A Definition

Haibun Definitions at Contemporary Haibun Online

"The Hut of the Phantopm Dwelling" - A Haibun by Matsuo Basho (Inventor of the Haibun form.)

Examples of Contemporary Haibun in English