Carey Burns: 3 books

These are not traditional haikus! Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry. A haiku has three lines with five syllables in the first, seven syllables in the second, and five syllables in the third. Traditional haikus have a specific subject matter, but my haikus are not traditional. Here is an example of...

This book started out as my Sketchbook Project 2013 chapbook. I began drawing these saucy mermaids and their little underwater friends and laughed with each page. When I showed the drawings and haikus to friends and they laughed too, I knew I had something. After my chapbook was complete, I agonized...

In this rich and dynamic work, David Carey Jr. provides a new perspective on contemporary Guatemalan history by allowing the indigenous peoples to speak for themselves. Combining the methodologies of anthropology and history, Carey uses both oral interviews and meticulous archival research...