I'm so happy that you're continuing the magazine...Perhaps best of all, the magazine is so beautifully done. It's a handsome looking publication. I'm especially appreciative of the one-poem-per-page format. -M.S., State University, Ark. 9/6/04

I thoroughly enjoy your journal and hope to become a contributor to it! Keep up the good work!-A.S., Painesville, Ohio 9/16/03

The new American Tanka is impressively rich, both in poetry and in prose. Your magazine has many readers who appreciate and respect both the high standards and the hard work exhibited issue by issue. Thank you!-C.P., Colrain, Mass. 6/6/03

Thank you for your very high quality publication, American Tanka.-B.C., Foster City, Calif. 6/6/03

Your journal is simply the best.-K.Y., Salinas, Calif. 4/17/03

Thank you for your contribution to the stream of tanka and the joy we experience when American Tanka lands in the mailbox.-D.S., Greendale, W.I. 12/26/02

We really cannot afford to lose American Tanka; there are too few of its caliber being printed.-D.T., Woodstock, N.Y. 12/3/02

First-rate publication!-T.M., LaSalle, Quebec 11/27/02

Just to let you know I still love American Tanka! -J.L., San Leandro, Calif. 11/19/02

...I celebrate the magazine be it once or twice a year and thank you for a labor of love. -T.T., San Francisco, Calif. 11/3/02

A top notch publication!-S.F., Wethersfield, Conn. 10/27/02

I have always enjoyed American Tanka, and I thank you for that.-L.L., Pomona, N.Y. 10/26/02

I adore this magazine.-J.D., Anchorage, Alaska 8/7/02

I thought you should know I have not as yet been able to make it through any single issue of American Tanka at one sitting. I find the experience presented simply to be too powerful to be digested at once. I am consistently delighted by the talent of our best tanka poets, and by your ability to synthesize their poetry into a meaningful, organic work of literature.-B.Z., Westwood, N.J. 7/19/02

The magazine goes from strength to strength and I would like to congratulate you.-G.S., Edmonton, Alberta 6/22/02

I was thrilled when I found your magazine.-M.H., Livingston, Mont. 2/4/02

A beautiful Issue #11. And Michael's essay is very interesting and helpful. -C.T., Cathedral City, Conn. 1/28/02

It's very exciting that this is out there!-D.P., Beverly, Mass. 1/18/02

I have enjoyed the past year of American Tanka and thank you for giving us one of the few exclusive venues for tanka. -D.T., Woodstock, N.Y. 1/7/02

I love the look, feel, and intent of your journal. Thank you for that offering.-K.H., Monroeville, Penn. 1/6/02

I have learned to love the Tanka thanks to your publication! -M.S., East Amherst, N.Y. 11/3/02

Thanks for another beautiful, and thoughtfully assembled, issue. -M.C., Albany, Calif. 12/31/01

AT is wonderful and still the best publication of its kind. -G.L., Cumming, Ga. 12/20/01

I just wanted to say what a good journal you put out. It is nice to hold, nice to read and nice to reflect on. The quality and variety of the poems is totally satisfying. -K.K., Waldoboro, Me. 12/18/01

I received my copy of American Tanka this week and wanted to tell you how impressed I was by the design and professionalism of your journal. -A.L., Quebec, Canada 12/15/01

I admire your ability to turn out issue after issue with many good poems and not a single bad one. -W.L., Phoenix, Ariz. 12/13/01

I have enjoyed your magazine a great deal. -J.Q., Bryson City, N.C. 12/10/01

The latest AT is terrific! -J.K., Sea Cliff, N.Y. 12/09/01

I enjoy the magazine immensely and read it through several times when it comes. -P.W., Belmont, Calif. 8/11/01

What a contribution American Tanka is making; there's no other journal like it. The range of style and subject matter on display here is impressive. AT is making history. -M.M., South Pasadena, Calif. 5/11/01

Thank you for Issue 10 of American Tanka. It has a wonderful collection of tanka, as usual, and a nice selection of writers. Congratulations on five years of the magazine. It always makes a great appearance. -J.J., Rockford, IL 5/11/01

American Tanka is proving to be a fine journal. We've needed more journal space for tanka. -D.H., New York, NY 5/7/01

Congratulations on this splendid issue. [Issue 10.] I mean this sincerely--I don't think I have before read journal entries that so ring true to tanka. There is a splendid variety in your offerings. -S.G., Niigata, Japan 5/7/01

Just wanted to tell you how much I am enjoying the new issue of American Tanka. Some excellent work and variety, as always, and I love the fact that you're now including essays. The first one by Tony Beyer is very thoughtful. Congratulations on your 10th issue! -P.N., New York, NY 5/7/01

I was very much impressed with both the format and the content of the magazine. -M.N., Pennsauken, NJ 5/3/01

I must tell you I have never received anything more perfectly packaged and profound in content. -J.C., Springfield, IL 3/1/01

I hope it makes you happy to know how well your journal is received. It is truly a beautiful work of art. -J.K., Swedesboro, NJ 2/28/01

I have read the last issue several times quite carefully. This was the very best poetry cover to cover I have ever read. Thank you. -D.S., Jackson, WI 2/1/01

I've read the two issues I received from you and have not put them down. -J.S., Selah, WA 1/15/01

I want to take this opportunity to thank you personally for all your dedication and hard work on American Tanka. It certainly shows in the quality and steady growth of the publication. -C.D., San Diego, Calif. 1/3/01

A friend recently sent me a copy of American Tanka, and I read it cover to cover on awakening one morning. It is wonderful! Your editorial choices made for a smoothly flowing experiential ride through memorable moments. Congratulations! -K.A., U.S. 11/24/00

Your journal is a handsome one. -M.S., State University, AR 11/19/00

It is a great reading experience, good poems, well placed. -H.B., Pendleton, Ore. 11/19/00

A note to let you know I've received a copy of American Tanka. It is a wonderful journal! I love the way the tanka blend and weave to make a story of their own. -D.B., Orlando, Fl. 11/15/00

I feel this issue [9] is the best of all with the consistency and strength of the tanka at the highest level yet. -T.C., Ithaca, NY 11/6/00

I espececially look forward to American Tanka. Excellent reading (i.e. good editorial choices), excellent format and production. -L.K., Colrain, Mass. 8/26/00

Another stellar issue! I keep my copies on the coffee table. -G.M., Cork, Ireland 7/20/00

It's an elegant magazine. -R.K., New Brunswick, NJ 7/18/00

I am enchanted by your publication, American Tanka! -K.Y., Salinas, Calif. 7/16/00

I very much enjoy the look and feel of your journal, which gives the poems a very special space in which to breathe and come alive! -G.L., Cumming, Ga. 6/5/2000

I just received my copies of American Tanka, No. 8. It's a beautifully produced issue, and the quality of the poems in it are to me uniformly high. I really am impressed. -J.O., Athens, Ga. 5/1/00

I can't tell you what a pleasure it is to read your fine journal! -B.Z., Franklin Lakes, NJ 4/28/00

I always look forward to the next issue! -J.E., Bloomington, Minn. 2/11/00

I've much enjoyed each issue of American Tanka and wish to thank you for your conscientious editing and very handsome production. -P.W., Belmont, Calif. 1/22/00

Congrats on what you do. Bravo. -M.B. San Francisco, Calif. 1/15/00

American Tanka is a beautiful publication. -J.O., Zephyrhills, Fl. 1/14/00

I'm excited to find American Tanka. -L.A. Kettering, Ohio 1/13/00

A delightful journal! -D.K., Belleair Bluffs, Fl. 1/11/00

Yes, Issue 7 is especially poignant, and beautiful. I hope American Tanka continues for a long time. -C.T., Cathedral City, Calif. 12/15/99

I think what you are doing is wonderful. -J.C., Bloomsburg, Penn. 12/10/99

You are the world voice for some very talented poets! -J.W., Tulsa, Ok. 11/9/99

America's finest tanka magazine. -A.H., Dallas, Tex. 7/21/99

Your publication continues to be welcomed--the beauty of its simplicity, the freshness of its content. A coolness to the mind. -J.B., Corrales, NM 7/15/99

I thoroughly enjoyed the last issue, and appreciate your spacious presentation that gives the ideas and thoughts breathing room. -A.C., Boulder, Co. 5/28/99

In reading the entire issue at a sitting, I became aware of the flow from season to season, from poem to poem. A truly lovely production. -D.W., Honolulu, HI 5/25/99

American Tanka is beautiful. -B.W. Chicago, IL 5/18/99

Reading Issue 6 of American Tanka was a pleasure. It is excellent! -L.A., Salt Lake City, Utah 5/15/99

American Tanka is outstanding--in content, design, and production--and would be even if there were hundreds of English-language tanka journals in existence. Thanks! -J.B., Liverpool, England 5/13/99

I've said it before but I want to say it again--I love the presentation of your magazine, its elegant simplicity. -T.T., San Francisco, Calif. 5/11/99

It is lovely from cover to cover. -C.M., Dubuque, Iowa 5/11/99

I received my first issue of American Tanka and was very impressed with the variety and depth of the poems. -B.P., Hingham, Mass. 4/19/99

Thank you for a magazine that's contemplative and in which I can clearly hear the individual voices of tanka poets in English. -M.N., Spring Grove, IL 2/11/99

Continuing to enjoy Issue 5, and still reread prior issues--they're timeless! -L.W., Coinjock, NC 1/16/99

An excellent magazine. -H.W., Joplin, MO 1/9/99

I think you are doing a splendid thing, publicizing this fine art form. -J.K., Japan 11/22/98

It is truly a unique magazine. -M.C., Ocean, NJ 11/22/98

A handsome journal! Fine tanka and a most elegant cover. -E.M., Annapolis, MD 11/9/98

American Tanka is an all around great publication. Keep up the great work. -M.B., Laurel, Delaware 11/5/98

I find it a most attractive and interesting collection. -A.H., Livonia, MI 11/5/98

I want to say how much I enjoy my subscription to American Tanka. The tanka are top notch and very powerful. -F.D., Rockville, MD 8/9/98

I have been so grateful for your magazine in the last few years when the form has obsessed me so. -M.B., Ottowa, Ontario 6/11/98

American Tanka is such a lovely magazine. -N.S., Buena Vista, Ga. 5/17/98

I am writing to say that you are doing an excellent job with American Tanka. The quality of the tanka that you publish in each issue of the magazine is very high. -L.M., Raleigh, NC 5/11/98

Wonderful issue of American Tanka. Just splendid tanka. -M.T., Harper Woods, Mich. 4/26/98

This is a beautiful journal, from the art work to the high quality of tanka lovingly embraced within. -R.O., Louisville, KY, 3/15/98

So glad someone is doing a tanka magazine. -E.R., Boonton, NJ 2/24/98

I am amazed and delighted that you are publishing a magazine devoted to English-language tanka. -M.H., Cambridge, Mass. 1/19/98

I was so pleased to discover your magazine was totally dedicated to the tanka form. -S.N., Brick, NJ 1/16/98

I am enjoying the Fall '97 issue and look forward to the next one. -J.L., Arlington, Va. 1/15/98

I was very impressed with both the quality of the poems and the professionalism of your format. -F.O., Encinitas, Calif. 1/10/98

I am impressed with the work you select and how you are showcasing it, one tanka per page. You have made a good editorial decision to publish one tanka per page, allowing the reader to meditate on the poem and take in its full essence. -B.W., New York, NY 1/5/98

I have found American Tanka to be a remarkable source of inspiration. -C.U., College Station, Tex. 12/11/97

A friend wrote me that your journal was publishing the best tanka being written in America today. -F.H., Jonesboro, Ark. 9/24/97

I'm looking forward to the next issue of American Tanka. I've enjoyed reading and rereading the issue I have--it is a beautiful presentation. -K.H., Atascadero, Calif. 8/30/97

Thank you for such a beautiful magazine. -J.W., Thornwood, NY 6/19/97

It is a great journal, format and art work superb. -P.B., Rochester, NY 5/15/97

I just got Issue #2 this week. It was so good I was happy to put aside a huge batch of end-of-the-semester student papers to read it several times. -J.S., Enfield, Conn. 5/4/97

So powerful the elegant simplicity of the tanka each to its own page, a dynamics of space! -R.P., Margate, Fl. 5/3/97

I teach creative writing, and when we do the tanka next term, I will definitely be referring to American Tanka. -K.P., Folsom, Penn. 11/23/96

It is a beautiful journal. -E.H., Crossville, Tenn. 11/15/96

Congratulations to you and your team on the first issue of American Tanka-- an elegantly simple production. Each of the excellent tanka was appropriately sequenced and thus showcased to its maximum effect. -G.S., Toronto, Canada 11/14/96

Thank you for the lovely issue of American Tanka. May I have two more? -K.B., Longmont, Co. 11/11/96

American Tanka is first class! -J.R., Gualala, Calif., 11/10/96

I seldom have been so pleased with a new magazine. -E.R., Westbrook, Maine 11/9/96