Review | YOUR HEART MY SKY by Margarita Engle
It’s summer 1991 in Cuba during el periodo especial en tiempos de paz.
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.
Poetry speaking out against hate
Here are a few social media posts from #DiverseVerse launch day, highlighting poems or poetry resources that educators may use as a starting point to engage in nuanced discussions to help fight hate and hate crimes
What does respectful amplification mean?
This is going to be a super short blog post. Respectful amplification of a BIPOC poet’s voice, to me, may include…
How Diverse Verse Came About
Last year, when the pandemic broke out, I was solo parenting… so I had a bit of time to do bit of “soul searching” … and I thought about how, in the field of literature, there is so little one can control in terms of career.
Teaching Ideas: Using Poetry as a Starting Point to Combat Hate
Lesson Plan Suggestions and Resources
for harnessing the power of poetry to speak out
against hate crimes
and for inclusion, equality and respect for diversity
#DiverseVerse and #AuthorsTakeAction Event
The past year has, for us, been one in which we've witnessed so much hate; and yet also one that challenged us to keep hoping.