Jane Hirshfield, translator with Mariko Aratani of the poety of Shikibu and Komachi in the 'Ink Dark Moon' has had a new e-book about Basho released by Amazon in the Kindle Singles series.

The new book is titled 'The Heart of Haiku' and is based on a lecture she gave several years ago. It is available from:

http://www.amazon.com/Heart-Haiku-Kindle-Single-ebook/dp/B0057IYMF4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m;=A24IB90LPZJ0BS&s;=books&qid;=1309080107&sr;=8-1

Beverley George