Ambujam Karuna Lohmann 10/1/26 Ambujam Karuna Lohmann 10/1/26

Faraway Family by Padma Venkatraman: Book Review

Ambujam Karuna Lohmann 9/1/26 Ambujam Karuna Lohmann 9/1/26

Island Creatures and Evamar by Margarita Engle: Book Pairing

Ambujam Karuna Lohmann 8/1/26 Ambujam Karuna Lohmann 8/1/26

Lion of the Sky by Ritu Hemnani: Book Review

Review of Ritu Hemnani’s verse novel, Lion in the Sky.

Padma Venkatraman 6/23/26 Padma Venkatraman 6/23/26

Barbed Wire Between Us: An Interview with Mia Wenjen

“…I saw the Japanese American grandmothers standing outside the detention camps, weaving origami cranes into the barbed wire fenders…” - Mia Wenjen, author of Barbed Wire Between Us

Padma Venkatraman 9/23/24 Padma Venkatraman 9/23/24

Banned Poetry Books to Treasure

Padma Venkatraman 9/19/24 Padma Venkatraman 9/19/24

“Evoke to Know” : Learning from K. A. Holt

Interview with K.A.Holt, author of several acclaimed verse novels

Padma Venkatraman 8/29/24 Padma Venkatraman 8/29/24

Homeland of My Body: Review and Activities

Review of Richard Blanco's poetry collection, Homeland of My Body.

Padma Venkatraman 8/7/24 Padma Venkatraman 8/7/24

Palestinian Voices: Poems and Poetry Resources

Palestinian Voices: Poems, Poets and Poetry Resources

Margarita Engle 11/15/23 Margarita Engle 11/15/23

Wild Dreamers and A STEAM poem

Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics Poem by Margarita Engle

Padma Venkatraman 6/19/23 Padma Venkatraman 6/19/23

Interview with Federico Erebia

Padma Venkatraman 12/16/22 Padma Venkatraman 12/16/22

Ring in the New, but DON’T Ring Out the Old

Michelle Schaub 11/1/22 Michelle Schaub 11/1/22

Poetry Templates: Training Wheels for All Learners

Michelle Schaub offers a classroom writing activity based on Dictionary for a Better World, by Irene Latham and Charles Waters

Padma Venkatraman 10/21/22 Padma Venkatraman 10/21/22

Meeting Garvey Once More

Padma Venkatraman reviews, recommends and rejoices in Nikki Grimes’s fall releases: Garvey In the Dark and Playtime.

Padma Venkatraman 6/9/22 Padma Venkatraman 6/9/22

HOW TO FIND WHAT YOU’RE NOT LOOKING FOR by Hiranandani

Reem Faruqui reviews and recommends HOW TO FIND WHAT YOU’RE NOT LOOKING FOR by Veera Hiranandani

Padma Venkatraman 5/20/21 Padma Venkatraman 5/20/21

Welcoming Two New South Asian American Verse Novels

When I wrote A TIME TO DANCE, I hadn’t set eyes on a single desi verse novel in English for young people. So it is with such very special joy, today, that I celebrate 2 South Asian American verse novels: Rajani LaRocca’s Red, White and Whole and Reem Fauqui’s Unsettled.