For Immediate Release

All the Horses of Heaven / Todos los Caballos del Paraíso, Tanka by James Tipton, Published by Modern English Tanka Press

All the Horses of Heaven / Todos los Caballos del Paraíso by James Tipton is a bilingual edition with Spanish translations by Martha Alcántar. It is a powerful collection of tanka poetry from the renowned James Tipton.

Baltimore, Maryland – April 6, 2009 – All the Horses of Heaven / Todos los Caballos del Paraíso, the collection of tanka by the renowned poet James Tipton, has been published in trade paperback by Modern English Tanka Press. This is a bilingual edition with Spanish translations by Martha Alcántar. Tanka lovers will enjoy this wonderful new collection.

"All the Horses of Heaven is a rare combination of mostly erotic tanka that are filled with a longing for the sanctuary of the Feminine. At the same time these story-poems celebrate the sounds, colors and rhythms of a poet’s life in Mexico. Those who remember Jim Tipton from the earlier days of haiku will be delighted to welcome him back as a fellow traveler with whom we explore the side streets and bazaars of Tankaland." —Alex Rotella, Editor, Prune Juice: Journal of Senryu and Kyoka, etc.

James Tipton lives in the tropical mountains of central Mexico, in the town of Chapala, with his wife Martha and his daughter Gabriela. He first began to study haiku and tanka in the mid-sixties while eating sack lunches in City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco. For more than forty years he has been publishing haiku and tanka and its related forms, including senyru and kyoka. Magazine credits include American Tanka, Atlas Poetica, frogpond, Haiku, Hummingbird, Lynx, Modern English Tanka, Modern Haiku, Prune Juice, still, The Tanka Journal, Tundra, and Woodnotes. Anthology credits include The Haiku Anthology, ed. Cor van den Heuvel (Doubleday Anchor, 1974); The Haiku Handbook, by William J. Higginson (McGraw-Hill, 1985); Aphrodite, by Isabel Allende (Harper Collins, 1998); Haiku: A Poet’s Guide, by Lee Gurga (Modern Haiku Press, 2003); Erotic Haiku, ed. Hiroaki Sato (IBC, 2004); and The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku, edited by Jim Kacian and others (Red Moon Press, 1996, 2007, and 2008). His books of haiku include Bittersweet (Cold Mountain Press, 1975); Proposing to the Woman in the Rear View Mirror (Modern English Tanka Press, 2008); and Washing Dishes in the Ancient Village/Lavando platos en el antiguo pueblo, a bilingual collection of 100 "three-line poems" about Mexico and Latin America, published in Mexico (Ediciones del Lago, 2009). A collection of his poetry, Letters from a Stranger (Conundrum Press, 1999), with a Foreword by Isabel Allende, won the Colorado Book Award. His work has been translated into a dozen languages including Japanese and Chinese.

For media inquiries or to arrange an interview with the author, contact James Tipton by e-mail at spiritofmexico@yahoo.com . Publisher information at: www.modernenglishtankapress.com .

This book is available from www.Lulu.com/modernenglishtanka and from the publisher. Complete information and mail/email order forms are available online at www.modernenglishtankapress.com . Price: $12.95 USD. ISBN 978-1-935398-05-9. Trade paperback. 108 pages, 6.00" x 9.00", perfect binding, 60# cream interior paper, black and white interior ink, 100# exterior paper, full-color exterior ink.

Modern English Tanka Press (MET Press) is an independent publishing house in Baltimore, Maryland, dedicated to producing books and periodicals of lasting literary value, especially poetry. A family business, we treat our customers and partners in publishing like family. We use modern print-on-demand production and distribution methods. Our special mission is to promote the tanka form of poetry and to educate newcomers about this most ancient poetic form.

Contact:

Denis M. Garrison, owner
Modern English Tanka Press
443-802-1249
Email to dmg@themetpress.com
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