salt. by Nayyirah Waheed
Kindle Edition, 259 pages Published October 17th 2013 by Amazon Digital Services, Inc. Source: Purchased I have had salt. on my to read list over at Goodreads for quite a […]
Category Archives: Poetry
Review: Rapture: Poems – Sjohnna McCray
Paperback, 72 pages Published April 5th 2016 by Graywolf Press Source: Raincoast Books Sjohnna McCray’s father was an American soldier deployed to Korea where he met McCray’s Korean mother. In […]
Migritude by Shailja Patel
Paperback, 153 pages Published November 30th 2010 by Kaya Press Source: Purchased From “The Making (Migrant Song):” We overdress, we migrants. We care too much how we look to you. […]
Books of Wonder: He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
When I was casting my eyes about this past summer, wondering what might be the final book of wonder in my posts during December, lo and behold in my mum’s […]
Books of Wonder: Winter is Coming
I’ll confess: the other two picturebooks of wonder that I wrote about earlier this month came my way via someone else’s recommendation. (Brain Pickings, thank you!) But this book, Winter is Coming […]
Books of Wonder: Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People
Way back in the early summer, I found I had a number of picturebooks so extraordinary that I had to sing their praises. To my delight, these books all had […]
Secret knowledge: poems and songs in novels
When I was a kid and reading Redwall for the very first time, I was entranced by the poem that old Methuselah discovers graven into the wall behind Martin’s tapestry. I […]
Shel Silverstein: Poetry for Little Ears
I had meant to write a post about Silverstein for our poetry month a while ago, but life (literally) got in the way. Silverstein, who had never meant to write children’s […]
Review: Dog Songs by Mary Oliver
Beloved by her readers, special to the poet’s own heart, Mary Oliver’s dog poems offer a special window into her world. Dog Songs collects some of the most cherished poems […]
Review: Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
When Lupita discovers Mami has been diagnosed with cancer, she is terrified by the possibility of losing her mother, the anchor of their close-knit Mexican American family. In the midst […]
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