Fully Human is a book of haibun and senryu that focuses on family relationships.
“In Terri French’s book Fully Human… senryu and haibun are woven together not to show us the great highlights in someone’s life, but the beautiful imperfections that make it meaningful. Fully Human is full of the insights into Terri’s life and, like all good art, bridges the gap between the artist’s life an our own. Thus proving the old phrase, “art isn’t just about the artist, it is about us all.”
– From the Foreword by Bryan Rickert, poet, author of the book Fish Kite.
“Fully Human is a book of haibun & senryu that will not disappoint. I can’t remember reading a book of haibun that pulls you in like this one. The prose & senryu are all topnotch. The characters in this book are not portrayed, but live in these pages. Every bit of this book comes from French’s heart and we—the readers—are so fortunate that she shares these moving experiences with us. Fully Human is bound to become a classic, if not, I don’t know what would.”
-Stanford M. Forrester/sekiro, Former President of the Haiku Society of America & Editor of bottle rockets: a collection of short verse
The book’s cover is illustrated by Terri’s son, Logan Tanner. You can learn more about Logan Tanner’s art at logantannerart.com.