By: Don
David: Thanks very much for featuring Gary Hotham’s work from “Missed Appointment.” I was thrilled for him when he received an Honorable Mention for “Missed Appointment” in this year’s HSA annual...
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Don, Thanks for reminding us about the Kanterman honors for “Missed Appointment.” I keep waiting for the official announcement from the Haiku Society of America. Congratulations also to you, as editor...
View ArticleBy: Anne
That’s ridiculous. I, for one, have never been able to resist a monkey card. My 2 y.o. son seems to have inherited this trait; therefore it must be a good characteristic favored by nature.
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On this anniversary of the Scopes Monkey Trial, let me clarify: I meant that nature seems to favor our irresistible impulse to buy monkey cards, not that we possess any actual monkey DNA. Although, my...
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Gary Hotham should consider reading the Op-Ed peice carefully and perhaps (gasp) even doing some reasearch before commenting on something. You “can’t imagine why you’d think members of our species...
View ArticleBy: David Giacalone
Thanks for the Comment, Steve. (Am I right to assume that you are the author, Steve Ross?) I’m sorry for any confusion: Gary Hotham merely wrote the poems, he has nothing to do with the content of the...
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The study was published in Science Vol. 319 (March 14 2008). The survey itself actually used “neutral” pictures of apes but when questioned why people did not think chimpanzees were endangered (those...
View ArticleBy: David Giacalone
Thank you for giving us more, Information and explanation, Steve. I’m still finding it hard to believe that the people who are making this misinterpretation are the opinion makers and policy leaders...
View ArticleBy: Greg Schwartz
Missed Appointment is a great collection, and that loon haiku is one of my favorite. It’s the first book by Gary that I read, and I liked it so much I bought Footprints & Fingerprints, Breathmarks,...
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Hello, Greg. It’s nice to hear from another breathless admirer of Gary Hotham. I wonder if we can convince Don at Lilliput to put Cheeta on the cover of the second printing of “Missed Appointment.” My...
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Wow, that’s quite a deal. I also got it for $8, but I don’t feel cheated at all. Definitely a strong collection. I’ll post a link to that Audubon Press deal on my site. That’s a price many people...
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