This Saturday, January 9, 2016, Poets & Writers magazine will present a celebration of creativity at the Blanton Museum of Art. The magazine's editors will be joined by authors (many of them local) for a series of lectures, workshops and multimedia presentations "exploring the literary imagination, innovation on the page, writing in multiple genres, and uncommon … Continue reading This weekend: Poets & Writers LIVE at the Blanton Museum
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Just Read It: Or How I Learned To Love The Poem
In which I interview my friend Louisa, poetry goddess, about why we should read more poetry… "You can squeeze a little juice from a fruit and get a taste of it, but the good poems are fruit that you can never squeeze all the juice from."
What We’re Reading This Week
CINDY The Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye "This chapter book is about Aref and his parents, who are about to move from Oman to Ann Arbor, Michigan. His grandfather takes him around town to do their favorite things together for the last time before he leaves. They go fishing, they sleep on the … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
New Children’s Chapter Book Releases – week of 8/26/14
The fall books have started to arrive on the shelves in BookKids! We are getting so many new and great books, that it's hard to keep up. It's also very exciting. So starting with this week, we will be sharing that excitement and rounding up all the new kids books that hit our shelves during … Continue reading New Children’s Chapter Book Releases – week of 8/26/14



