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Juxtapositions is the only annual publication dedicated to haiku research and scholarship. JuxtaNINE features “‘Factor N400’ in the Reading of English-language Haiku”, further work from the Haiku and the Brain Team — Jan Nasemann, Thomas Geyer, Heinrich R. Liesefeld, Jim Kacian, Stella Pierides, & Hermann J. Müller; plus articles from Owen Bullock (“Synesthesia and Haiku”), Dorothy Abram (“Prison Participant Poetry”), Ryan Lally (“Natural Meddlers”), and Dr. Randy Brooks (“Referencing Language Words in English Haiku”). The new Juxta Interview offers “Walking in a Sacred Way: An Interview with Chad Lee Robinson”, with Cherie Hunter Day. For Juxta Resources Dr. Brooks offers “English Haiku Anthologies: An Annotated Bibliography”. A feature inaugurated this issue, Juxta Presentations explores “The Future of Poetry: Haiku in the Digital Age” by Timothy Green (with Katie Dozier). We also offer two reviews: “The Poetry of Incarceration” by Rebecca Lilly, and “Then There Is” by J. Zimmerman. Cleasing your palette are eleven color pieces by our new Haiga Editor, Ion Codrescu. Plus we announce the winner of our first Juxta Award for Excellence in Haiku Research & Scholarship, and invite your submissions for JuxtaTEN. JuxtaNINE is the print version of Juxtapositions 9.1, and is published by The Haiku Foundation.