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A proponent of the "Liberated" haiku in English since the 1960s, and of
subjective realism in contemporary English-language tanka,
Michael McClintock's short poems, haibun (a form of prose-poem), essays
and reviews, are read and studied worldwide.
An extensive discussion, comparing and contrasting McClintock's poetry,
critical theory and practice, to that of the Imagists, Jack Kerouac,
and others, may be found in Barbara Ungar's seminal book, Haiku in
English, published by the Humanities Honors Program, Stanford
Univerisity (Stanford Honors Essay in Humanities, No. XXI, Copyright
1978, Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University).
Additional commentary may be found in The Haiku Handbook, by William J.
Higginsons with Penny Harter (McGraw-Hill, 1985) and Haiku: A Poet's
Guide, by Lee Gurga (Modern Haiku Press, 2003).
While taking degrees in English and American Literature, Asian Studies,
and Information Sciences from Occidental College and the University of
Southern California, McClintock was Assistant Editor of Haiku
Highlights in the late 1960s, Associate Editor of Modern Haiku in the
early 1970s, and edited Seer Ox: American Senryu Magazine and the
American Haiku Poets Series,
1972-1976. He currently is tanka editor for Simply Haiku, and
edits with commentary the "Tanka Cafe" column for Ribbons: Tanka
Society of America Journal.
His collections of haiku, senryu, tanka, and related poetry include
Light Run (Shiloh, 1971), Man With No Face (Shelters Press, 1974), Maya
(Seer Ox,1976), and Anthology of Days (Backwoods Broadsides Chaplet
Series No. 70, 2002). His work has been widely anthologized, and is
featured in each of the three editions of The Haiku Anthology, edited
by Cor van den Heuvel (Doubleday/Anchor, 1974; Simon & Schuster,
1986; W. W. Norton, 1999). The Tanka Anthology, which he edited with
Pamela Miller Ness and Jim Kacian (Red Moon Press, 2003), includes his
groundbreaking "Introduction" to English-language tanka. His most
recent collection, Letters in Time: Sixty Short Poems (Hermitage
West, 2005), contains tanka and haiku.
Michael McClintock resides in California, alternating his home between
Fresno in the central San Joaquin Valley, South Pasadena, and Los
Angeles, in California.
Additional
bio information and discussion (Stylus Poetry Journal)
Discussion
and poems (World Haiku Review)