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Smooth Sailing and Safe Harbor in 2025…
Smooth Sailing and Safe Harbor in 2025…

Trade review excerpt, early praise, order link and author visit information for Padma Venkatraman’s sixth novel and second novel in verse, Safe Harbor

Listening to Trees and the Haibun Form
Listening to Trees and the Haibun Form

How to Write Haibun by Holly Thompson

NCTE 2024 Diverse Verse Panel Resource List
NCTE 2024 Diverse Verse Panel Resource List

List of Resources recommended by NCTE 2024 Diverse Verse Panelists and Moderator (Lisa Stringfellow, Suma Subramaniam, Valerie Bolling, Padma Venkatraman)

Diverse Verse on the National Stage
Diverse Verse on the National Stage

Diverse Verse NCTE Panel information and short list of recommended reading by panelists and diverse verse authors who lead #DiverseVerse’s annual call for poetry.

Learning About Line Breaks
Learning About Line Breaks

Activity to play with and learn about line breaks in poetry

Banned Poetry Books to Treasure
Banned Poetry Books to Treasure
“Evoke to Know” : Learning from K. A. Holt
“Evoke to Know” : Learning from K. A. Holt

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

Homeland of My Body: Review and Activities
Homeland of My Body: Review and Activities

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

Palestinian Voices: Poems and Poetry Resources
Palestinian Voices: Poems and Poetry Resources

Palestinian Voices: Poems, Poets and Poetry Resources

2024 Call for Poetry
2024 Call for Poetry

Announcement of Winners and Honorees of Diverse Verse 20204 Call for Poetry of Hope

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