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PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS ON POETRY by Randy Brooks 1995-2002
Book.
School’s Out: Selected Haiku of Randy Brooks, (Foster City,
CA: Press Here), 1999. Broadside.
Crows Talking Crow, (Foster City, CA: Press Here), July, 1999.
Chapbook. The Homestead Cedars, The Virgil Hutton Haiku Memorial Chapbook Competition, (Normal, IL: Saki Press), March, 1999. Book (co-authored with Shirley Brooks). In Her Blue Eyes: Jessica Poems (Decatur, IL: Brooks Books), 1998. Online book edition at: http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/InHerBlueEyes/index.htm Online Book. Black Ant's Journey to Japan: A Modern Tanka Journal (Gualala, CA: AHA Online Books), April 4, 1998. Online book edition at: http://www.ahapoetry.com/blackant.htm A
chapter in a forthcoming book on the history of American haiku. I am
writing the chapter on American haiku from 1920 through 1950. This book
will be published by Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. in their "Modern
American Literature: New Approaches" series. Expected publication
date: spring, 2003. Essay.
"Teaching Haiku in Higher Education: An Immersion into the Living
Tradition—the Case of Millikin University." World Haiku Review
1.3, The World Haiku Club, (Oxford, England) November, 2001. http://www.worldhaikureview.org/1-3/haikuineducation_rbrooks.shtml Essay.
"Consonance as the Genesis of Humor in Haiku." Haijinx 1.2,
(Temple, TX) June, 2001. Essay.
"Gestalt Psychology and Haiku: A Poetics of Imagistic Thinking"
published in the My Neighbor's Life: 30th Haiku Society of America Anniversary
Anthology, Laughing Cypress Press, (Bellevue, Washington) 1999. Essay. "A Short History of American Haiku Magazine Publishing" Haiku International Association/Haiku Society of American Joint International Haiku Conference Proceedings in English and Japanese, (Tokyo, Japan) April, 1997. Reprinted in a supplement of Frogpond, Haiku Society of America, 20.4 November, 1997. BOOK REVIEWS & SHORT PROSE 1995-2002 Prose piece on writing poetry in a book, For Writers edited by Sheila Seifert, forthcoming, 2003. Book review of A Dream of This World: One Hundred Haiku by Nagata Koi in Modern Haiku, 33.1 (Madison, WI) Winter-Spring, 2002. Foreword
to "New Year’s Day Blues" by Scott Goebel published in
Collage 2002, 31, Millikin University, (Decatur, IL) May, 2002. Foreword.
"The Flow of Haiku." Cur*rent: Linked Haiku by Marlene Mountain
and Francine Porad (Mercer Island, WA: Vandina Press), 1998. Book
review. "Somewhere Among the Clouds: Poems from a Year of Solitude
by Vincent Tripi." Modern Haiku, 30.2 (Madison, WI) Summer 1999. Book
review. "Bridge Traffic: Haiku and Related Poetry by People of
the Massachusetts Pioneer Valley edited by John Sheirer." Modern
Haiku, 30.2 (Madison, WI) Summer 1999. Book
review. "Alone Tonight: Haiku, Tanka & Other Sudden Lyrics
by Larry Kimmel." Modern Haiku, 30.2 (Madison, WI) Summer 1999. Midwest
Region Coordinator’s Report. "The Art of Doing Haiku &
Haiga" The Haiku Society of America Newsletter,14.2 (Chicago, IL)
Summer 1999. Book
review of The Spring Journey to the Saxon Shore published in Modern
Haiku, 28.3 (Madison, WI) Fall, 1997. Book
Review of Drops of Dew: Tanka in English a collection of contemporary
Japanese tanka, Five Lines Down, 4 (Redwood City, CA) January, 1996. Book
Review of Haiku by Bill Albert, Frogpond, Haiku Society of America,
18.4 Book
Review of Haiku Iz Rata/War Haiku a Croatian Haiku Association dual
language anthology compiled and edited by Marijan Cekolj, Modern Haiku,
26.3 (Madison, WI) Fall, 1995. Invited guest commentary on featured poet, Sanford Goldstein, in Hummingbird, 5.4 (Richland Center, WI) June, 1995. One
poem published in Haiku Tanka Senryu: Internationalization of Japanese
Poems, an anthology edited by Ikuyo Yoshimura (haiku), Hatsue Kawamura
(tanka) and Kazuo Hayakawa (senryu), Chugainippohsha Company, (Gifu,
Japan), 2002. Two
poems published in The Loose Thread: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language
Haiku 2001, Red Moon Press, (Winchester, VA), February, 2002. One
poem published in A Glimpse of Red: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language
Haiku 2000, Red Moon Press, (Winchester, VA), February, 2001. Two
poems published in Best of the Electronic Poetry Network anthology,
Shreve Memorial Library, (Shreveport, LA), November, 2000. Three
poems published in Haiku Troubadours 2000: A Contemporary World Haiku
Anthology from Japan, edited by Ban’ya Natsuishi, Ginyu Press (Fujimi,
Japan), August 2000. One
poem in Palomar Showcase 2000: Anthology of the National League of American
Pen Women International Poetry Contest, Volume 11, (Palomar, CA) May,
2000. One
poem in The Thin Curve: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku
1999, One
poem in Past Time: Baseball Haiku, An anthology edited by Cor van den
Heuvel and Jim Kacian, Red Moon Press (Winchester, VA), 1999. Five
poems in My Neighbor's Life: 30th Haiku Society of America Anniversary
Anthology, Laughing Cypress Press, (Bellevue, Washington) 1999. One
poem in Too Busy for Spring: An Anthology Commemorating the 1999 Haiku
North America Conference. Foster City, CA: Press Here, 1999. One
poem in The New Haiku "an international anthology featuring the
best haiku published in the United Kingdom in 1998" Snapshot Press,
(Liverpool, England) 1999. One
poem in the Through the Spirea: The Herb Barrett Haiku Award 1998 Anthology,
Hamilton Haiku Press, (Hamilton, Ontario) July 1999. Three
poems in Baseball Haiku, an anthology by Fan Magazine, (Atlanta, GA)
Dec. 1998. Three
poems in Snow on the Water: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language
Haiku 1998, Red Moon Press, (Winchester, VA), 1999. One
poem published in the Matsuyama Tourism Haiku Post Anthology, (Matsuyama,
Japan), 1998. Three
poems published in the anthology, Haiku World: An International Poetry
Almanac, edited by William J. Higginson, (Tokyo: Kodansha International),
1997._ Two
poems published in The Haiku Seasons anthology edited by William J.
Higginson, One poem published in A Haiku Alphabet in Celebration of Summer anthology edited by LeRoy Gorman, published to celebrate Haiku North America 1995 Conference, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, (Toronto: Proof Press), 1995 POETRY
PUBLISHED 1995-2002 Ten
poems and an author profile. "The Poetry of Randy Brooks: Vintage
Haiku." World Haiku Review 1.3, The World Haiku Club, (Oxford,
England) November 2001. Fifteen
haiku including 3 haiga paintings, author biography and audio file versions
of the haiku. "Spotlight on Randy Brooks’ Haiku." at
Haijinx 1.2, (Temple, TX) June 2001. One
poem published in Raw Nervz, 7.4 (Alymer, Quebec) Winter, 2002. One
poem published in The New Haiku, an anthology edited by John Barlow
and Martin Lucas, Snapshot Press, (Liverpool, England), 2002. Mayfly
magazine and poem featured in The Mayfly Newsletter, International Conferences
on Ephemeroptera, Department of Biological Sciences, Southwestern Oklahoma
State University, (Weatherford, OK) February, 2002. One
poem in Capital Insights, Capital Group Companies Worldwide, (Los Angeles,
California) Winter, 2002. One
poem in World Haiku Review 2.1, The World Haiku Club, (Oxford, England)
March, 2002. One
poem in the Electronic Poetry Network, (Shreveport, LA) January, 2002.
Two
poems in Modern Haiku, 33.1 (Madison, WI) Winter-Spring, 2002. One
poem in Season's Greeting Letter, (Baltimore, MD) New Year's, 2002. Two
poems in Raw Nervz, 7.3 (Alymer, Quebec) Winter, 2001. Four
poems in The World Haiku Wall, (New York, NY) December, 2001. One
poem in Illinois Times, (Springfield, IL) October 25, 2001. One
poem in Tundra: The Journal of the Short Poem, 2 (Foster City, CA) October,
2001. Three
poems in Woodpecker, 7.2 (Leeuwarden, Netherlands) September, 2001.
Two
poems in Haijinx 1.3, Special Memorial Issue, (Temple, TX) One
poem in Illinois Times, (Springfield, IL) September 27, 2001. Two
poems in Poetry in the Light, (Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) September
23, 2001. Three
poems in Chiyo's Corner, 3.2 (Redmond, WA) Fall, 2001. Eight
poems in Raw Nervz, 7.2 (Alymer, Quebec) Fall, 2001. One
poem in Acorn, 7 (Philadelphia, PA) Fall, 2001. One
poem in Illinois Times, (Springfield, IL) August 30, 2001. Two
poems in Chiyo's Corner, 3.1 (Redmond, WA) Summer, 2001. One
poem in the Electronic Poetry Network, (Shreveport, LA) August, 2001.
One
poem in Cicada, (Bakersfield, CA) Summer, 2001. One
poem in Haikukai, 50.1, (Tokyo, Japan) January, 2001. (In English and
Japanese with photographs of me on the front cover and on the page with
Midwest haiku translations.) One
poem in Raw Nervz, 6.4 (Aylmer, Quebec, Canada) Winter, 2001. Two
poems in Modern Haiku, 32.1, (Madison, WI) Winter 2000. One
poem in "Haiku: People's Poetry" in the Illinois Times, (Springfield,
IL) October 26, 2000. One
poem on Haiku Photography a haiku and photography web page (October
19, 2000) by Ray Rasmussen located at: http://raysweb.net/haiku/pages/10.html One
poem in Modern Haiku, 31.3, (Madison, WI) Fall 2000. One
poem in "Haiku: People's Poetry" in Illinois Times, (Springfield,
IL) July 27, 2000. Two
poems published in La Petite Zine, (online magazine) volume 3, Summer,
2000 at: http://www.webdelsol.com/La_Petite_Zine/lpz3_eb.html One
poem in Illinois Times, (Springfield, IL) July, 2000. One
poem in Electronic Poetry Network, (Shreveport, LA) May 30, 2000. Two
poems in Raw Nervz, 6.3 (Aylmer, Quebec, Canada) May, 2000. Two
poems in In a Heron’s Eye: Haiku from the Paper Wasp Jack Stamm
Haiku Award, (St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia) Spring 2000. One
poem published in Haiku-Gift, (online haiku e-commerce magazine) May,
2000 at: http://www.haiku-gift.com Three
poems in Modern Haiku, 31.2, (Madison, WI) Spring 2000. Two
poems in Collage, Millikin University Literary Magazine, (Decatur, IL)
Spring, 2000. One
poem in Electronic Poetry Network, (Shreveport, LA) February 11, 2000.
Two
poems published in La Petite Zine, (online magazine) volume 3, Summer,
2000 at: http://www.webdelsol.com/La_Petite_Zine/lpz3_eb.html# One
poem in Tundra, 1.2 (Foster City, CA) Winter, 2000. Three
poems in Northeast 2000, 4.4 Juniper Press (La Crosse, WI) January,
2000. Two
poems published with sumi-e paintings on HAIGA Online, (Minneapolis,
MN) December, 1999 at: http://members.aol.com/HAIGA/HAIGAOnline.index.html One
poem in Electronic Poetry Network, (Shreveport, LA) October 24, 1999.
Three poems in The 33rd A-bomb Day Memorial Haiku Meeting, Kyoto Museum for World Peace (Kyoto, Japan) September 5, 1999. One
poem in Penumbra 1999: Poetry and Haiku from the 12th Annual Penumbra
Competition. Tallahassee, FL: Tallahassee Writers Association, October,
1999. Two
poems in Frogpond, 22.3 (New York, NY) Autumn, 1999. One
poem in Modern Haiku, 30.3, (Madison, WI) Fall 1999. Two
poems in Chiyo’s Corner, 1.1 (Bellevue, WA) Summer, 1999. One
poem in Electronic Poetry Network, (Shreveport, LA) July 1999. One
poem in Tundra, 1.1, (Foster City, CA) Summer 1999. Three
poems in Snapshots Haiku Magazine, 5 (Liverpool, England) May, 1999. Two
poems in Raw Nervz Haiku, 6.2 (Aylmer, Canada) Summer 1999. Three
poems in Modern Haiku, 30.2, (Madison, WI) Summer 1999. One
poem in Electronic Poetry Network, (Shreveport, LA) April 1999. One
poem in Modern Haiku, 30.1, (Madison, WI) Winter-Spring 1999. Nine
poems in Snapshots Haiku Magazine, 4 (Liverpool, England) Nov., 1998. One
poem in Frogpond, 21.3 (New York, NY) Autumn, 1998. One
poem in Modern Haiku, 29.3, (Madison, WI) Autumn 1998. Two
poems in Raw Nervz Haiku, 5.2 (Aylmer, Canada) Summer, 1998. One
poem published in Poems from the Mainichi Haiku Contest, (Tokyo, Japan)
Summer, 1998. One
poem published in the Palomar Showcase Volume Nine: Winning Poetry and
Haiku 1998 (Palomar, CA: Palomar Branch, National League of American
Pen Women), 1998. Three
poems published in Raw Nervz Haiku, 5.1 (Aylmer, Canada) Summer, 1998. One
poem published in Frogpond, 21.1 (Winchester, VA) Spring, 1998. Two
poems published in Modern Haiku, 29.2 (Madison, WI) Summer, 1998. Three
poems published in Heron Quarterly, 2.3 (Escondido, California) July,
1998. One
poem published in Persimmon, (Harper Woods, Michigan) May, 1998. One
poem published in Raw Nervz Haiku, 4.4 (Aylmer, Canada) Winter, 1998. One
poem published (English and Japanese) in Kusamakura Haiku Competition
Collection, (Kumamoto, Japan) January, 1998. One
poem published (English and Japanese) in Gendai Haiku (Tokyo, Japan)
January, 1988. (Kukai Competition, Japan Haiku Conference, Kiyosumi-Teien.) Two poems published in Heron Quarterly, 2.2 (Escondido, California) April, 1998. One
poem published in Modern Haiku, 28.3 (Madison, WI) Fall, 1997. Two
poems published in Modern Haiku, 28.2 (Madison, WI) Summer, 1997. Two
poems published in Heron Quarterly, 1.4 (Escondido, California) October,
1997. One
poem published in EPIC News: A Newsletter for International Residents
of Ehime Prefecture (Matsuyama, Japan) August, 1997. Issue also featured
photographs and a story about the American delegates visit to Matsuyama
for readings and presentations on haiku in English. Five
poems published in Heron Quarterly, 1.3 (Escondido, California) July,
1997. Two
poems published in Modern Haiku, 28.2 (Madison, WI) Summer, 1997. One
poem published in Northwest Literary Forum, 24 (Portland, OR) May, 1997. One
poem published in dual language edition of Mainichi Haiku Contest Anthology,
(Mainichi Daily Newspapers: Tokyo, 1977) page 315. Two
poems published in Frogpond, Haiku Society of America, 20.2 (Archer,
FL) May, 1997. Three
poems published in Haiku International Association/Haiku Society of
American Joint International Haiku Conference Proceedings, (Tokyo, Japan)
April, 1997. Two
poems published in Heron Quarterly, 1.2 (Escondido, California) April,
1997. One
poem published in Frogpond, Haiku Society of America, 19.3 (Archer,
FL) Autumn, 1996. One
poem published in Modern Haiku, 27.3 (Madison, WI) Fall, 1996. One
poem published in Frogpond, Haiku Society of America, 19.2 (Archer,
FL) May, 1996. One
poem published in Frogpond, HSA, 19.1 (Archer, FL) March, 1996. One
poem published in Modern Haiku, 27.2 (Madison, WI) Winter, 1996. One
poem published in Five Lines Down, 4 (Redwood City, CA) January, 1996. One
poem published in Frogpond, HSA, 18.4 (Archer, FL) Winter, 1995. One
poem published in Modern Haiku, 27.1 (Madison, WI) Fall, 1995. Two
poems published in Woodnotes, 26 (San Francisco, CA) Autumn, 1995. One
poem published in Hummingbird, 6.1 (Richland Center, WI) September,
1995. One
poem published in Hummingbird, 5.4 (Richland Center, WI) June, 1995. One
poem published in Black Bough, 6 (Flemington, NJ) June, 1995. Two poems published in Modern Haiku, 26.3 (Madison, WI) Fall, 1995. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS ON POETRY 1995-2002 Judges
Panel. International Kukai Workshop. Masaoka Shiki International Haiku
Award, (Matsuyama, Japan), September 9. 2000. Workshop
Panel. Translation and Publishing Haiku. Masaoka Shiki International
Haiku Conference, (Matsuyama, Japan), September 9. 2000. Speaker.
Panel on contemporary haiku publishing. Haiku North America Conference,
Northwestern University (Evanston, IL), July 11, 1999. Speaker.
"Haiku of the 1950s Versus Haiku of Today" Haiku North America
Conference, Northwestern University (Evanston, IL), July 10, 1999. Panel
on contemporary haiku publishing. Haiku North America Conference, Northwestern
University (Evanston, IL), July 11, 1999. Workshop
leader. "Teaching Haiku Writing: Developing Visual Thinkers"
LSA Teachers’ Conference, Lutheran School Association, Central
and Southern Illinois Districts (Decatur, IL), July 11, 1999. (led workshop
twice) "Haiku
of the 1950s Versus Haiku of Today." Haiku North America Conference,
Northwestern University (Evanston, IL), July 10, 1999. Workshop
Leader. "Matching Walnut Shells: A Critical Approach to Haiku."
Haiku Society of America Midwest HaikuWriters
Retreat, (Wilder Forest, MN), June 12, 1999. "Gestalt
Psychology and the Future of Haiku." Haiku Society of America Retreat,
(Danville, CA), November 21, 1998. "A
Short History of American Haiku Magazine Publishing" International
Haiku Conference, (Tokyo, Japan) April 19, 1997. "Gestalt Psychology and Juxtaposition in Haiku" National Quarterly Meeting of the Haiku Society of America, (Northbrook, IL), September 14, 1996. LOCAL POETRY PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS 1995-2002 Workshop
(with Katherine Malcolm, senior writing major). "Haiku Reading
& Writing." LD Language Arts Program, Oak Grove Elementary
School, (Decatur, IL) January 22, 2002. Mock
classes (3). "Reader Response to Images—the Performance Art
of Haiku." Decatur Community Partnership Middle School Students,
Millikin (Decatur, IL) April 26, 2001. Guest
Lecturer and workshop leader with JMS honors student, Kristin Boryca.
"Collaborative Linked Haiku—The Art of Interpersonal Co-creation."
Interpersonal Communication, Professor Meredith Cargill, Millikin (Decatur,
IL) March 7 and 12, 2001. Speaker.
"My Global Haiku Journey: the Scholar, Poet and International Community
Leader." A Journey in Arts and Sciences Presentation, Millikin
(Decatur, IL) February 20, 2001. Prairieland
Advocates for Gifted Children Workshop. "Writing and Editing a
Web Anthology of Haiku." Millikin University, (Decatur, IL) March
27, 1999. Poet
in the Schools Workshops. "Contemporary American and Japanese Haiku:
Reading and Writing Haiku." Warrensburg-Latham Middle School, 6th
grade English classes, (Warrensburg, IL) November 17, 19, and 24, 1998.
See the related web site: http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/wlhaiku/wlhaiku.html Poet in the Schools Workshops. "The Joy of Reading, Writing and Publishing Haiku" Mt. Zion Intermediate School, 17 classes, (Mt. Zion, IL) February–April 1996. POETRY
READINGS & EXHIBITS PARTICIPATION 1995-2002 Student
Poetry in Modernist Traditions. May immersion Modern American Poetry:
The Imagists and Harlem Renaissance, Millikin University, May 20-27,
2002. Poetry
reading host for student readers. "Spring 2002 Global Haiku Tradition
Reading." Millikin University (Decatur, IL), May 10, 2002. Organized
and promoted English Department reading to celebrate Dr. Robin Stern’s
new book, Backless. Part of the English Department spring picnic gathering
at the James Millikin Homestead (Decatur, IL), May 8, 2002. Special
guest on Creativity with Dr. DeJoy and Ebony’s Radio Show. "Haiku
and the Creative Process." WJMU, Millikin University (Decatur,
IL), April 16, 2002 Organized
English Department reading to celebrate Dr. Becky Bradway's new book.
Reading featured four seniors and one of the chapters from Pink Houses
and Family Taverns. James Millikin Homestead (Decatur, IL), April 4,
2002. Poetry
writing workshop and reading host. "Writing and Reading Contemporary
American Haiku by Lee Gurga." Sponsored by the Global Haiku Tradition
course and the English Department, Millikin University (Decatur, IL),
February 7, 2002. Poetry
reading host for student readers. "Fall 2001 Haiku Writing Roundtable
Reading." Millikin University (Decatur, IL), December 14, 2001. Art
exhibit featuring haiku by Kristin Boryca , class of 2001, and Sarah
Knutilla, a senior. "Staley Library Fabulous Fine Arts Fridays"
Sponsored by the Millikin University Staley Library, (Decatur, IL),
October 12-November, 2001. Haiku
Broadsides from the Haiku Roundtable Class Kukai on the Terrorist Attack.
"The Annex Benefit Art Show" Sponsored by the Annex, Millikin
University and the American Red Cross, (Decatur, IL), September 30-October
30, 2001. Poetry
reading host for featured readers. "Route 51 Poetry Project: Opening
Reading Featuring the Haiku Translation Team of Emiko Miyashita &
Lee Gurga." Anthology Book Store (Decatur, IL), July 2, 2001. Haiga
featuring my haiku (haiga is a combination of art and haiku) have been
created by Kuniharu Shimizu, haiga artist, and published online. Poetry
reading host. "Route 51 Poetry Project: Opening Reading Featuring
the Haiku Translation Team of Emiko Miyashita & Lee Gurga."
Anthology Book Store (Decatur, IL), July 2, 2001. Poetry
reading host. "Spring 2001 Millikin Student Haiku Reading and Haiku
Awards." Millikin University (Decatur, IL) May 10, 2001. Central
Illinois Faculty Poetry Reading. Millikin University (Decatur, IL) April
24, 2001. Poetry
reading host. "Fall 2000 Millikin Student Haiku Reading."
Millikin University (Decatur, IL) December 15, 2000. Poetry
Reading & Writing Workshop for international students. College of
Wooster, (Wooster, OH) October 9, 2000. Poetry
reading host featuring Madoka Mayuzumi and the Midwest Haiku contest
winners sponsored by the Haiku Society of America, the Japanese Consulate
and the Japan Society of Chicago. Swissôtel (Chicago, IL) September
30, 2000. Book
Publication Celebration. Masajo Suzuki’s Love Haiku. A dual language
reading and celebration by the translation team, Japan, September 14,
2000. Poetry
reading host. "Spring 2000 Millikin Student Haiku Reading."
Millikin University (Decatur, IL) May 10, 2000. Poetry
reading. "The Spiritual House of Haiku: My Zen, Christian and Jewish
Mentors." Millikin University (Decatur, IL) May 4, 2000. Poetry
reading. "Five Contemporary Haiku Poets." University of Illinois
at Springfield (Springfield, IL) April 17, 2000. Poetry
reading emcee. "Global Haiku Poets." Global Haiku Festival,
(Decatur, IL) April 15, 2000. Poetry
reading emcee. "Haiku Around the World." Global Haiku Festival,
Decatur Public Library (Decatur, IL) April 14, 2000. Asia
Education Foundation, University of Melbourne, Australia. Students in
this program are using my online tanka sequence, "Black Ant’s
Journey to Japan" in a comparative literature study of ancient
and contemporary tanka travel sketches. Featured
Author. Decatur Writer’s Fair at the Decatur Public Library, (Decatur,
IL), October 16, 1999. See the web site at: http://www.millikin.edu/decaturwritersfair CSCI
517 Natural Language Processing , a computer course at the University
of Mississippi. Students in this computer science course are using my
online collection, "In Her Blue Eyes" to analyze haiku poetry
in a course project dealing with natural language generation methods.
See the web page at: http://www.cs.olemiss.edu/~sbs/517/class06/wu.html Poetry
Reading. Millikin University (Decatur, IL), August 31, 1999. Read from
my new book, School’s Out: Selected Haiku of Randy Brooks Asia
Education Foundation, University of Melbourne, Australia. Students in
this program are using my online collection, "Black Ant’s
Journey to Japan" in a comparative literature study of ancient
and contemporary tanka travel sketches. Poetry
Reading. 1999 Haiku North America Conference, Northwestern University
(Evanston, IL), July 9, 1999. Read from School’s Out: Selected
Haiku of Randy Brooks Poetry
Reading. Haiku Society of America 2nd Quarterly Meeting and the Midwest
Haiku Writers Retreat, (Wilder Forest, MN), June 12, 1999. Read from
my new book, The Homestead Cedars Directory
Listing. Online Illinois Writers Directory, sponsored by the Illinois
Arts Council, Illinois State University’s Unit for Contemporary
Literature, and National Endowment for the Arts, (Bloomington, IL) 1998. Poetry
Reading (& workshop). PEO Women’s Organization, (Decatur, IL)
April 25, 1998. Poetry
Reading. Barnes & Noble Bookstore, (Springfield, IL) January 24,
1998. Radio
Interview/Poetry Reading. National Public Radio affiliate, KUMR 88.5
FM, University of Missouri-Rolla, November 19, 1997. Poetry
Reading. University of Missouri-Rolla (Rolla, MO) November 11, 1997. Poetry
Reading. Matsuyama Haiku Meeting, (Matsuyama, Japan) April 23, 1997.
Poetry
Reading. International Haiku Conference, (Tokyo, Japan) April 20, 1997. Poetry Reading, Haiku Chicago: An International Poetry Conference sponsored by the Haiku Society of America, (Chicago, IL), October 21, 1995. © Randy Brooks • last updated August 26, 2002 |