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<title>Haiku North America Conference in Long Beach, California</title>
<description> Conference devoted to haiku as a literary art. Includes presentations, readings, panels, bookfair, exhibits, banquet, anthology.&lt;BR&gt;

Year Established: 1991&lt;BR&gt;
Number of Programs/Year: Biennial, in odd-numbered years&lt;BR&gt;
Program Length: 5 days&lt;BR&gt;
Group Size or S:T Ratio: &lt;BR&gt;
Program Focus:  Nature, Poetry, Publishing&lt;BR&gt;
Faculty: William Higginson, Jane Hirshfield, Jim Hackett, George Swede, Haruo Shirane, Sonia Sanchez, John Brandi, Michael Dylan Welch, Jim Kacian, Lee Gurga, Emiko Miyashita, Fay Aoyagi, Ce Rosenow, Lucien Stryk, Gerald Vizenor, Charles Trumbull, Richard Gilbert.&lt;BR&gt;
Costs:   200 includes banquet&lt;BR&gt;
U.S. Locations: Long Beach, California &lt;BR&gt;
Global Locations: &lt;BR&gt;
Months: August&lt;BR&gt;
Click for more information: http://writing.shawguides.com/haikunorthamerica
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