The literary genre of New Age fiction and poetry

Though New Age as a literary genre is still not well-defined—it seems to include anything from other realms, different states of being, space/time continuums, to spirit entities and supraconsciousness—what seems obvious is a desire to explore the higher reaches of human potential.

More Information:
The intricacies of Zen poetry as a literary genre.

The secret Zen wisdom in the form of witty riddles called koans.

Neale Donald Walsch's Conversations with God.

Sanjay Grover, author of the New Age novel, Nine Days to Nirvana.

The possibilities and definitions of New Age fiction.

Nobel laureate and Indophile, Octavio Paz.

Excerpts from the first Indian New Age novel—Parallel Journeys.

New Age science fiction.

Japanese haiku poetry, a succinct poetic style.

Indian poetess Amrita Pritam's vision of divinity.

V.S. Naipaul, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2001.

Related Links

Spiritual Fiction Book Corner
Synopsis of New Age fiction with links to their authors.

Kahlil Gibran
Biographical information on the mystic poet, with photographs and passages from his best seller The Prophet.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Text of this all-time bestseller by Lewis Caroll.

An Introduction to Haiku
A comprehensive site on satori, including brief bios of some master haiku poets.

A Haiku Homepage
An extensive site on haiku, including a yearbook, directory, links, a bookstore and hints on writing haikus.

Grand Inspirators: Matsuo Basho
Comprehensive site on various Basho links.

The Shiki Internet Haiku Salon
Contains information concerning Japanese, traditional haiku poet, Shiki.

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