Book of Haikus

Highlightingalesser-knownaspectofoneofAmerica'smostinfluentialauthors,thisnewcollectiondisplaysJackKerouac'sinterestinandmasteryofhaiku.Experimentingwiththiscompactpoeticgenrethroughouthiscareer,Kerouacoftenincludedhaikuinnovels,correspondence,notebooks,journals,sketchbooks,andrecordings.Inthiscollection,KerouacscholarReginaWeinreichsupplementsanincompletedraftofahaikumanuscriptfoundinKerouac'sarchiveswithagenerousselectionofKerouac'sotherhaiku,frombothpublishedandunpublishedsources.Withmorethan500poems,thisisamust-havevolumeforKerouacenthusiastseverywhere.