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When most people think of poetry for kids, Shel Silverstein often comes to mind, and rightly so since his poems are a silly and delightful right-of-passage for any child. April, being National Poetry Month, offers the perfect time to take a look at the variety and scope of poetry for children beyond the Silverstein collections. … Continue reading Kids Poetry Month: New Books!
The fall books have started to arrive on the shelves in BookKids, and it's another great week for new children's books! We are getting so many new and great books, that it's hard to keep up. It's also very exciting. Over the course of the next several weeks, we will be sharing that excitement and … Continue reading New Kids Releases – 9/16/14
The National Book Awards announced their poetry longlist this week. We at BookPeople are excited to promote poetry to our customers. Poetry is good for the soul, and here are six poets who are doing really well in the soul-goodness department. We highly encourage you to know, love, and cherish their work. This Blue … Continue reading The BookPeople Guide to the National Book Awards Poetry Longlist
Whitman Illuminated: Song of Myself Words by Walt Whitman. Illustrations by Allen Crawford. Forget the cute advice books. This is the gift every graduate wants. Or at least every English major. More about Whitman Illuminated. Get yourself a copy (before we buy them all ourselves).
In honor of National Poetry Month, we're reading the work of Mexican writer and poet, Salvador Novo. The University of Texas Press recently published a new translation of Novo's memoir, A Pillar of Salt, and included nineteen of his erotic sonnets at the end. These bold romantic verses about desire are a lot of fun to … Continue reading The Erotic Sonnets of Salvador Novo
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