Haiku Inferno

by Kevin Sampsell, Frank D'Andrea

A collection of humorous and irreverent haiku by Portland's favorite haiku performance group.
Haiku Inferno started in 2004. They have performed in doughnut shops, bookstores, and at various festivals around the northwest. They have shared the stage with bands like Menomena, The Evaporators, and Eux Autres, as well as the jump rope troupe, Double Dutchess.

28 pages, Chapbook

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

I am the publisher of Future Tense Books in Portland, Oregon. I work at Powell's Books and also make collage art. I have written reviews and articles for various papers and mags. I have a few books out. My memoir, A Common Pornography, was published by Harper Perennial and my novel, This Is Between Us, was published by Tin House Books. I also edited Portland Noir, a book of crime fiction published by Akashic Books. My book of collage art and poetry, I Made an Accident, came out in 2022 from Clash Books.

Here's a few links to some stuff:
My essay on the loss of a friend, the loss of a book, and depression
My Tumblr of collage!
Flash Fiction on X-R-A-Y
My essay on Prince nostalgia and going to see The Revolution
My essay about coronavirus closing down Powell's
Short story at Hobart
The sad history of my football fandom
Flash Fiction on Wigleaf
My Paper Trumpets collage column at The Rumpus
Excerpts from This Is Between Us
My Longreads essay about my mom's Alzheimer's.
My Salon essay about suicide.
Short story on Joyland
Short fiction at The Rupture
Memoir excerpt on Smith Magazine.
I Know Who You Raped Last Summer.
My essay on bookselling and winning a Patterson bonus
On my first three kisses
Poems on Ink Node
Flash memoirs at 3am Magazine
Bookslut Interview
Flash Memoir pieces on McSweeney's
Fiction piece ("Options") on Identity Theory

Interview on The Rumpus

Reviews

[Kevin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Haiku Inferno is a total goof. I started this group in 2004 with three of my best friends as a way to make the art of haiku a little more "punk rock."
This book came out earlier this summer and was lovingly printed, designed, and sewn by Pete McCracken and Mara Reynolds at Crack Press in Portland.

[Erika · Rating 4 out of 5]

a good looking book for their fans. you must see the perfomances!!

[Jeffrey Yamaguchi · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best Haiku book, ever. Long live the Haiku Inferno!