The Haiku of Richard Wright
3 Quarks Daily • 2/19/2026
Summary
While bedridden with dysentery, Richard Wright discovered a volume of haiku and fell in love with the form. He began composing haiku in August 1959 and, within a few months, wrote four thousand haiku.
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