Flash Fiction Festival Special Haibun Event

Another World, a Haibun Makeover: Jude Higgins in conversation with Robert Beary

A sibling to both flash and prose poem, more and more celebrated writers, such as Ocean Vuong and Marge Piercy, are taking up the haibun challenge. Roberta Beary, co-editor of the craft book Haibun, a Writers Guide (Ad Hoc Fiction, 2023) and Flash Fiction Festival founder Jude Higgins, will discuss editing one of Jude’s first haibun, ‘Another World’, published in Flash Fiction Festival six. Roberta will talk about what makes a good haibun, how title, prose, and haiku, link to form a trinity that resonates with readers