RESEARCH DESK

Tanka Venues is a listing of tanka publications with citation abbreviations as approved by the Tanka Society of America. (2nd edition; April 2008)

Tanka Teachers Guide - free download page.

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL RESOURCES

Bibliography of English-Language Tanka, Version 2.7 Compiled by M. Kei & updated on 6 November 2008.

List of Anthologies Containing Tanka in English by Date Compiled by M. Kei & updated on 2 December 2007. [PDF]

Tanka in English: A Tanka Bibliography Compiled by Ce Rosenow, 2001. [HTML file]
Tanka in English: A Tanka Bibliography Compiled by Ce Rosenow, 2001. [11 pp. PDF]

TankaCentral's Bibliography: English Tanka

TankaCentral's Bibliography: Japanese Tanka in Translation (English)

* The bibliography links below are to offsite webpages. They will open a new window.

Selected Tanka Bibliography with notes by William J. Higginson.

WHAT IS TANKA ?

Defining Tanka by Denis M. Garrison.

About Taika by Michael McClintock.

Tanka Length - Three Styles, a printable PDF handout by Denis M. Garrison.

Tanka Length - Three Styles, the handout by Denis M. Garrison as a printable JPEG.

* The links below are to offsite webpages. They will open a new window.

TSA's What is Tanka? Page with definitions by Pat Shelley and Gerald St. Maur, and a draft definition form the Haiku Society of America definitions committee led by William J. Higginson (HSA Newsletter, 1994).

What Is A Tanka? by Richard MacDonald.

Waka article in Wikipedia, with bibliography and links.