Frogpond 34.3 • Autumn 2011 (pdf) - Haiku Society of America

From the Editors
The process of creating Frogpond is exciting because so much
of it is the hands of the fates. As editors, we never know what
we will get and from whom. Therefore, the pieces fall into
place in a way that is different each time.
For instance, in this issue, all three of the essays (including
the interview) are by women—a first during our time as editors.
In fact, of the forty-four essays we published in our prior
ten issues, thirty-eight were by men. Also, the gender balance
among reviewers is slowly getting better. These totals, however,
do not count Revelations: Unedited, the invitations for
which we purposely alternate between men and women.
Further, we have great variability in the number and quality of
poems we receive in any given submission period. As a result,
how many we publish in the section Haiku & Senryu varies
considerably. Take this year as an example. The winter issue
(34:1) had 155; the total for spring/summer (34:2) dipped to 95,
and then the current issue rebounded to 152.
One more instance of fluctuation is in the section Linked
Forms. In the last issue (34:2), it ran for seventeen pages, but,
in this one, only for two, the lowest since 31:2 and 32:2 both
of which had five.
Despite such unpredictable changes, we hope your positive
feedback remains constant with this issue.
George Swede, Editor
Anita Krumins, Assistant Editor
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