Description: Now in its third printing, this visionary project received the 1999 American Book Award. Topics included the Three Jewels, pacifism, engagement, innovation, nature, song, and silence. "What Book?" contains forms ranging from picture poems and calligraphy, guided meditations, and rambling journals, to conceptual and performance art, arias, and haiku.

Reviews: Honored with an American Book Award, 1999.

"This is 'mindful poetry' at its best."—NAPRA ReView

"What Book!? is a major, lively anthology of modern mindful poetry, featuring over 330 selections from more than 125 contributors, plus "mind-writing exercises" in the appendix by Allen Gisnberg, a foreword by Peter Coyote, and a meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh. What Book!? is a landmark publication for both Buddhism and poetry, both actively available in the same gesture."—The Midwest Book Review

"... gathers a coule hundred of our best contemporary poets for a delightful demonstration of how Buddhist ideas are reshaping American poetry.

From Allen Ginsberg to Yoko Ono, from journal entries to visual poems, What Book!? challenges the concepts of poetry, Buddhism, and even "book," overflowing into a web site with more poems, and commentary by editor Gary Gach (word.to/whatweb.html). ... full of gems, perfectly capturing the humor-in-wisdom of Western Buddhism."...

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