e pluribus haiku 2013

Available on Amazon
Paperback $3.59
Kindle $1.99




Over 750 haiku, most from a journey in the seventies, from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Whereas most contemporary haiku masters scorn the 5-7-5 syllable American haiku, this volume embraces it as a way of having a unifying structure for many different experiences, and celebrations of place, that these haiku illuminate.

This book has been taken off the market, since it is now included in a larger work, E Pluribus Haiku Anthology. Single copies are rare but still can be found.

A Dozen Crime Stories from a well-known, big-box, discount retail chain

Now available in paperback at Amazon ($4.27 + shipping) as well as Kindle.

These stories are entirely fictional, and have absolutely nothing to do with anyone's real-life experiences in this well-known store. Using the store as a comment on the nature of modern life can be considered a tribute to its well-established presence in our culture, but is not meant to either glorify or disparage the store itself. All stories were written in 2007. It was created in a number of self-printed copies, but that method of production and distribution was not working very well!

It consists of the following stories: Pass the Syrup, Have a Good Day, Inventory, Wee Hours, Road Atlas, Jack, Drop Off, Apple of her Mother's Eye, The Juggler, Customer Service, Free Parking, and Lord of the Ringers. All were written in 2007.
 

Boxcars on Walnut

A tribute to my town of 18 years, Carbondale, Illinois. 73 haiku from that era, all together in one volume. $2 + $2 shipping anywhere in the USA. This volume is now on Amazon.

Pile of Leaves: Stories of a Rake

Seventeen short stories

Available in paperback on Amazon: $4.29

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Available on Kindle $2.99

Available in audiobook at ACX


Prices subject to change

Originally published in 2011, this volume includes some classics such as Through Train, Audience, and Hold the Pickle. The style is stark and free of frills and cultural innuendo, born of years teaching ESL.

Pile of Leaves: Stories of a Rake includes the following short stories:
Pile of Leaves (2008), Audience (2007), omg wtf tmi (2009), Freshly Doug (2008), Lion's Tale (2008), Good Provider (2009), Hold the Pickle (2009), Check Your Mirrors (2007),  Reasonable Doubt (2009), The Sun Sets on the Western Horizon (2008), Through Train (2006), The Old Home Place (2007), Big Mac and Fries (2008), House of Bricks (2009), Freedom of Speech (2008), Come What May (2009), and Night on the Town (2006).

e pluribus haiku 2012

now available in paperback on Amazon

also on kindle.

Over 600 haiku from 50 states, most from an epic journey in the 70's. All are in the 5-7-5 syllable format, so that the entire of body of work has unity. They started with the idea that North American haiku, because of the diversity of the land, should have geographical clues as well as season clues (kigo).

This book has been taken off the market, since it is now included in a larger work, E Pluribus Haiku Anthology. Single copies are rare but still can be found.

e pluribus haiku 2012

e pluribus haiku 2012 originally appeared on kindle on July 4, 2012.

This image is of the Haiku steps in Hawaii, but has been changed for the paperback version. The 2012 e pluribus haiku has over 600 haiku from 50 states and an epic journey in the 1970's. There are paper, self-printed copies still available from the author at leverett @ siu.edu.

Pile of Leaves: Stories of a Rake

Now available on Kindle.

Published in 2011, it includes 17 short stories written over a five-year period. Paper copy is available, but harder to get and more expensive.