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> Date: February 25, 2008 4:43:24 PM EST
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> TANKA NEWS published a new entry entitled "MET Press Launches Atlas  
> Poetica : A Journal of Poetry of Place in Modern English Tanka" on  
> 2/25/2008 4:43:16 PM, written by DMG.

> MET Press Launches Atlas Poetica : A Journal of Poetry of Place in  
> Modern English Tanka

> Modern English Tanka Press Launches Atlas Poetica : A Journal of  
> Poetry of Place in Modern English Tanka

> The premiere edition of Atlas Poetica : A Journal of Poetry of  
> Place in Modern English Tanka includes over 500 poems from 42 poets  
> representing more than 20 countries and 12 languages. New from  
> Modern English Tanka Press, the Atlas brings a new level of  
> innovation, artistry, and appreciation to poetry of place in the  
> tanka form and its variants. With the launching of the Atlas  
> Poetica, we invite all readers to see the places of the world  
> through the eyes of poets, and to find in poetry the maps that will  
> lead them to explore the multitude of meanings manifest in their  
> own special places.

> Baltimore, Maryland – February 25, 2008 – Following the tremendous  
> interest raised by its Landfall anthology, Modern English Tanka  
> Press launchedAtlas Poetica : A Journal of Poetry of Place in  
> Modern English Tanka to further explore tanka poetry of place from  
> around the world. Edited by M. Kei, the inaugural issue features  
> content in twelve languages by more than forty poets from around  
> the world. A unique feature of the journal is side by side  
> presentations of poetry in its native language and English  
> translation. The 8.5" x 11" format provides ample room for tanka  
> sequences, sets, and prose, as well as the traditional individual  
> format.

> About the Editor:

> M. Kei lives in Perryville, Maryland, USA, where he crews on board  
> a skipjack, a traditional wooden sailboat used to dredge for  
> oysters on the Chesapeake Bay. His intense love for the  
> intersection of land and water and the people who live and work  
> there informs his work as editor of Atlas Poetica. He previously  
> edited Fire Pearls : Short Masterpieces of the Human Heart  
> (Keibooks, 2006), and has published over six hundred tanka poems  
> and two hundred and fifty other poems. He compiles the Bibliography  
> of English-Language Tanka, as well as A History of Tanka Publishing  
> in English, and various articles.

> For media inquiries or to arrange an interview with the editor,  
> contact M. Kei by e-mail at MKei (at) atlaspoetica (dot) com.  
> Publication information at:www.AtlasPoetica.com. Publisher  
> information at: www.ModernEnglishPress.com.

> This journal is available from stores.lulu.com/modernenglishtanka  
> and from major booksellers; or from the publisher. Complete  
> information and mail order form are available online at  
> www.modernenglishtankapress.com.

> Price: $12.95, two issue subscription: $25.00. ISSN: 1939-6465. 76  
> pages, 8.5" x 11", perfect binding, 60# cream interior paper, black  
> and white interior ink, 100# exterior paper, full-color exterior ink.

> About Modern English Tanka Press:

> Modern English Tanka Press is an independent equity publishing  
> house in Baltimore, Maryland, dedicated to producing books and  
> periodicals of lasting literary value. A family business, we treat  
> our customers and partners in publishing like family. Our  
> publications are produced using modern print-on-demand production  
> and distribution methods. We publish tanka, haiku, and other fine  
> poetry. Our special mission is to promote the tanka form of poetry,  
> to educate newcomers to tanka about this most ancient poetic form,  
> and to work for wider publication of tanka in both specialty and  
> mainstream poetry venues. To those ends, we publish the journals  
> "Modern English Tanka," "Atlas Poetica," and "Modern Haiga" and  
> special edition books of tanka, haiku, and other fine verse. We  
> operate www.TankaCentral.com, the internet megasite for tanka, with  
> its popular "Tanka News" blog, and the poetry web  
> hub,www.ShortVerse.com.

> Contact:
> Denis M. Garrison, owner
> Modern English Tanka Press
> 443-802-1249
> Email to dmg (at) themetpress (dot) com.

> www.modernenglishtankapress.com  www.modernenglishtanka.com  
> www.atlaspoetica.com
> www.shortverse.com  www.tankacentral.com  www.tankanews.com  
> www.modernhaiga.com

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