Following the footsteps of Matsuo Basho, the 17th century haiku master.
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Following the Steps of Haiku Master Basho
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Classics to the Rescue in Dark Times
In Trump’s first 100 days, Jill Lepore turned to 100 classics to survive.
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Twitter: Shorter Is Sweeter
Responses to Twitter increasing its character limit to 240 have often been quite humorous, including some limericks. And speaking of limericks and twitter…