Practicing Honku: An Interview with Author Aaron Naparstek
Thursday, July 17, 2003 at 12:16 PM
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Download MP3Web Exclusive - This week author Aaron Naparstek is back in town for a reading. This mild-mannered New Yorker (born and raised in Greater Cleveland) was so moved by the traffic mayhem in Alphabet City that he invented an entirely new art form - Honku. One part Japanese meditative verse, one part road rage, it has inspired a very popular web site (http://www.honku.org) and Naparstek's new book. ideastream's April Baer caught up with him earlier this summer. Here's a special web re-broadcast of their conversation.
Aaron Naparstek will be at Joseph Beth Booksellers reads from and signs Honku: The Zen Antidote to Road Rage at 7 p.m., Wednesday, July 16th.
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