WGBH; WGBH Forum Network; Robert Hass Reads "Selected Haiku" by Issa

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Robert Hass is a Californian. He said poetry is a way of living a human activity like baking bread.
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WGBH
Series
WGBH Forum Network
Program
Robert Hass Reads "Selected Haiku" by Issa
Contributing Organization
WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
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Hass reads "Selected Haiku" by Kobayashi Issa from his book of translations The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa. Issa, who was born in 1763 to a farming family in rural Japan, is considered one of four great masters of Haiku. This 17 syllable poetic form is known for its ability to squeeze astonishing beauty and depth of feeling out of plain language and direct observation. Issa's poems are remarkable for their "pathos and humor," especially in light of the string of tragedies that marked each stage of his life.
Date
2009-04-01
Topics
Literature
Subjects
Literature & Philosophy; Culture & Identity
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:00:12
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Speaker2: Hass, Robert
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WGBH
Identifier: 5730565cf15d7f25de5cdf16e39ba4d8409d9672 (ArtesiaDAM UOI_ID)
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Duration: 00:01:26
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Chicago: “WGBH; WGBH Forum Network; Robert Hass Reads "Selected Haiku" by Issa,” 2009-04-01, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 27, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-1z41r6n35h.
MLA: “WGBH; WGBH Forum Network; Robert Hass Reads "Selected Haiku" by Issa.” 2009-04-01. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 27, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-1z41r6n35h>.
APA: WGBH; WGBH Forum Network; Robert Hass Reads "Selected Haiku" by Issa. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-1z41r6n35h