However, because the Tanka Society of America is hosting "Tanka Sunday" on the Queen Mary immediately following the closing of HNA at noon, we do have a full morning of programming planned:
Patricia Machmiller:
A Jewel in the Crown: The Interplay between Haiku Form and Meaning - a Workshop
Terry Ann Carter:
Beyond the Fold - Flutter Books: The Interval Between Image and Text
Margaret Chula:
A Sketch of Life: From Haiku to Tanka
Wendy Wright and Genie Nakano:
Notes Toward an Analysis of the Embedded Physical and Cognitive Levels of Haiku - or - Spoken Haiku: From the Page to the Stage
Closing Ceremonies:
Jessica Tremblay - Old Pond Comics Goes Overboard
Carlos Colon: A Performance by Haiku Elvis
plus more
Tanka Sunday
Tanka Sunday is being held on the Queen Mary from 1 pm to 9 pm on Sunday, August 18th. It requires a separate registration:
https://sites.google.com/site/tankasocietyofamerica/tanka-sunday/tanka-sunday-registration
The program features Professor Steven D. Carter as the keynote speaker. Additional speakers, readers, and performers include Margaret Chula, Amelia Fielden, Marilyn Hazelton, Peggy Heinrich, Mariko Kitakubo, Genie Nakano, David Rice, Kozue Uzawa, Michael Dylan Welch, and Kathabela Wilson.
The complete program can be viewed here:
https://sites.google.com/site/tankasocietyofamerica/tanka-sunday/tanka-sunday-schedule