Disgrace - J.M. Coetzee
Aging professor
disgraced by desire, longing
after meaning, none?
Recent Posts
My Other Sites
- 37days
My weekly newsletter on living intentionally. - Haiku Book Review
My summaries of books I've read recently, written in Haiku. Why not? - Inclusive Asheville
creating an inclusive, innovative, and engaged community that values and leverages our diversity in Western North Carolina - movable type
My thoughts about diversity, stereotypes, prejudice, inclusion, culture.... - my year of living veganously
being a record of my transition to veganism in 2008 - pattidigh
daily short thoughts - RealWork
My old website...still might be worth a look. - The Circle Project
Helping organizations explore diversity and inclusion issues through theatre and story. This is the work I have waited my whole life to do.
The Time of Our Singing - Richard Powers
Novel as rondo
race, time, and music repeat
again and again.
The Child in Time - Ian McEwan
A baby taken,
a father's slow-motion trek
to live without her.
Art & Fear - David Bayles and Ted Orland
What stops an artist?
Is it fears about others
or about ourselves?
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
Are you boy or girl?
We perform gender daily,
each gesture, each look.
The Courage to Teach - Parker Palmer
To teach, we must first
connect head, heart and spirit
inside our own Self.
Impro - Keith Johnstone
Put down your clever
Let your partner affect you
Tenets of improv
Teaching with Your Mouth Shut - Donald L. Finkel
Teaching or learning?
Don't just Tell your students things,
help them discover.
Repacking Your Bags - Richard Leider
A bag full of stuff,
does all this make you happy?
repack and be light.
The Recognitions - William Gaddis
Artist or forger?
Recognizing what is real
is never easy.
Bird by Bird - Anne Lamott
Write shitty first drafts,
take it one bird at a time,
this is how to write.
A Whole New Mind - Daniel Pink
Left brain and right brain
which side is most important?
the artsy side wins.
Pippi Longstocking - Astrid Lundgren
Red hair in pigtails
her horse living in the house
she, the strongest girl
The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell
When does change happen?
At what point do all things tip
Never to return?
The Geography of Thought - Richard Nisbett
How do we think here?
And halfway around the globe,
are they different?
Blink - Malcolm Gladwell
Fast as a bunny
we make weighty decisions
but how do we know?
What's this all about?
To entertain myself, I've decided to write book summaries in Haiku of every book that I read, a succinct 17 syllables to capture the sense of the book, relentless in its sparseness. Let's see what holds up under the pressure of Haiku...and what doesn't.
