An Unknown Road, Haiku by Adelaide B. Shaw Published by Modern English Tanka Press
An Unknown Road, the debut collection of haiku by Adelaide B. Shaw, offers readers “a different treat for every moment” says an’ya, editor of Moonset Literary Newspaper. Ray Rasmussen, managing editor of Contemporary Haibun Online, says, “A welcome aspect of reading a collection of haiku by a single writer is that it's like being taken on a walk in the writer's neighborhood. Adelaide Shaw's collection takes us on the best kind of walk—small things become visible and remind us of our own meanders.” An outstanding first collection of haiku—don’t miss it!
Baltimore, Maryland–May 31, 2008–An Unknown Road, the first collection of haiku by Adelaide B. Shaw, has been published in trade paperback by Modern English Tanka Press. All who love haiku will want to read, and re-read, this outstanding debut collection from the accomplished haiku poet, Adelaide B. Shaw.
About Author:
Adelaide B. Shaw was born in New Haven, Connecticut. While in high school, her family moved to Los Angeles, California. In 1971 she and her husband and three children moved to a small village near Geneva, Switzerland. Returning to the United States in 1976 the family settled in Scarsdale, New York, a suburb near New York City. Adelaide has been an elementary school teacher, a principal’s assistant and a legal assistant before her retirement in 1997. She began writing haiku in the early 1970’s and has won several awards. Her haiku have appeared in numerous journals in the United States and abroad, in print and on-line. In addition to haiku, Adelaide writes tanka, haibun and short fiction. She and her husband currently live in the small rural community of Millbrook, New York.
For media inquiries or to arrange an interview with the author, contact Adelaide B. Shaw by e-mail at adelaidebshaw (at) optonline (dot) net. Publisher information at: www.modernenglishtankapress.com.
This book is available from www.Lulu.com/modernenglishtanka and from major booksellers; or by order from the publisher. Complete information and mail order form are available online at www.modernenglishtankapress.com. Price: $11.95 USD. ISBN 978-0-9817691-0-3. Trade paperback. 68 pages, 6.00" x 9.00", 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,” “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.
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