Contemporary Haibun and American Haibun & Haiga Resources

American Haibun and Haiga and its successor, Contemporary Haibun, were annual print anthologies of haibun published by the Red Moon Press. Through his founding of AHH, CH and CHO, Jim Kacian has contributed uniquely and significantly to the development of English-language haibun. The following are forewords to each volume written by Kacian and reproduced here with his permission. Collectively, Kacian's series of comments constitutes perhaps one of the best treatments of the history and development of English-language haibun.

Historical Preface from Up Against the Window: American Haibun & Haiga, Volume 1, 2000.

Introduction from Stone Frog: American Haibun & Haiga Volume 2, 2001.

Foreword from from Summer Dreams: American Haibun & Haiga Volume 3, 2002.

Contemporary Haibun, Volume 4, 2003.

Contemporary Haibun, Volume 5, 2004.

Contemporary Haibun, Volume 6, 2005.

Contemporary Haibun, Volume 7, 2006.

Contemporary Haibun, Volume 9, 2008.

Contemporary Haibun, Volume 10, 2009.

Jim Kacian, Article & Example: The One-bun.