Publisher's Synopsis
Specially featured in this issue is the inaugural installment of 'Exemplary Tanka, ' an ongoing intermittently published series in which readers are invited to contribute their appreciation and analysis of what they consider to be exemplary tanka and related literature. Part One features an introduction by M. Kei and analysis by experienced tanka poets, but future installments are open to anyone. Contributors offer up examples of the tanka they admire along with a detailed explanation about why it resonates with them. The offered tanka cover a variety of ranges, styles, and poets, while the viewpoints of the contributors are equally diverse. 'Exemplary Tanka' is a microcosm of the best tanka poetry being published around the world today. New voices from Nigeria, Indonesia, Russia, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, and India appear, along with our first Yoruba translations. Altogether, the issue features eighty-four contributors representing sixteen countries
