About the Book
Joining the Conversation collects haiku and senryu by attendees of the twelfth annual Seabeck Haiku Getaway, sponsored by Haiku Northwest and held October 24 to 27, 2019 in Seabeck, Washington. Edited by C. R. Manley, the anthology features work by sixty-three poets and art by Ion Codrescu, who created the cover as well as haiga featuring seven poems. In addition, the anthology includes all the poems on display in the Seabeck Haiku Walk, a series of twenty plaques permanently installed in 2019 on the grounds of the Seabeck Conference Center. Visit Haiku Northwest at www.haikunorthwest.org. Contributors include Kelly Sauvage Angel, Ellen Ankenbrock, Johnny Baranski, Theresa J. Barker, David Berger, Susan M. Callan, Patricia Benedict Campbell, Terry Ann Carter, Margaret Chula, Rick Clark, Ion Codrescu, Susan Constable, Connie Donleycott, Julie Emerson, Gary Evans, Seren Fargo, Alice Frampton, Marco Fraticelli, Mike Freiling, and Ida Freilinger, William Scott Galasso, Patrick Gallagher, Dianne Garcia, Katharine Grubb, Christopher Herold, Connie Hutchison, Adam L. Kern, Roy Kindelberger, kjmunro (Katherine J. Munro), lynnej (Lynne Jambor), Carole MacRury, Robert Major, C. R. Manley, Vicki McCullough, Tanya McDonald, Jacquie Pearce, Francine Porad, Joan Prefontaine, Laura Quindt, Bob Redmond, Jim Roberts, jim rodriguez, Jacob Salzer, Marilyn Sandall, Paul Sarvasy, Michelle Schaefer, Carole Slesnick, Crystal Simone Smith, Barbara Snow, Carmi Soifer, Sheila Sondik, Marilyn Stablein, Carmen Sterba, John Stevenson, R. J. Swanson, Angela Terry, Kathleen I. Tice, Richard Tice, Diane Wallihan, Karma Tenzing Wangchuk, Michael Dylan Welch, Garry Wilson, and Carolyn Winkler.
