Grit, Grace and Gold
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Original, contemporary haiku celebrating the sports and athletes of the Olympics - from an acclaimed poet and an international gallery of guests. Award-winning haiku poet Kit Pancoast Nagamura offers a collection of original poems that explore the beauty, physical effort, and essence of all the sports of the summer Olympics. In this volume, the first to cover such a wide range of athletics, each Olympic sport is represented by three haiku written by Nagamura, plus one or two by a guest poet. Each poem is presented in both English and Japanese. Evocative photographs and illustrations complement the text.
An award-winning haiku poet and photographer, Kit Pancoast Nagamura was born in the U.S. and studied at Brown University, University of Michigan (M.A.), and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Ph.D.). She has lived in Japan for over 20 years. Nagamura has won numerous accolades for her haiku, including an Ito-en Oicha Award of Excellence, Award of Excellence for Matsuyama's Setouchi International Haiku Contest, an O Miami Poetry Award; and has won three consecutive Honorable Mentions in the Tokutomi Haiku Contest held by the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society. She hosts NHK World's Haiku Masters program, which airs around the world. In addition, she gives workshops, and serves as a judge for the Golden Triangle Haiku Contest in Washington, D.C., among others. Nagamura is the co-author of Kodansha's The Ultimate Japanese Phrasebook.