The Haibun Laboratory: A Thesis on Form - Paperback

by Colleen M. Farrelly (Author)

A collection of haibun, both tradition and experimental, from Colleen M. Farrelly, one of the acknowledged masters of the form.

"In a stunning love letter to the tradition, Farrelly has compiled an important addition to modern haibun discourse. The marriage of conventional technique with flourishes of esoterica, hard science, abstract concepts, speculative fiction, and dadaism elegantly capture and strikingly articulate the zeitgeist and unprecedented tenor of concern and alarm so tangible across our present sociopolitical landscape."

"From the moment many of us first saw Farrelly's work in print, we were awestruck. Whether it was due to her fearlessness, her creativity, her craftspersonship or her smarts, editors and poets alike began to sing her praises. What we perhaps didn't anticipate was the birth of The Haibun Laboratory, a collection that explores the far reaches of the form through the incorporation of surrealism, sudoku, the speculative and so much more, that not only secures her standing as a trailblazer in her own right but as an inspiration to others for generations to come."