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.
“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
Review of Richard Blanco's poetry collection, Homeland of My Body.
Wild Dreamers and A STEAM poem
Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics Poem by Margarita Engle
Interview with Ari Tison
Padma Venkatraman interviews founding Diverse Verse member Ari Tison about her debut novel Saints of the Household
Honoring Juneteenth
Padma Venkatraman Interviews Zetta Elliott about her poem Juneteenth, which appears in her latest poetry collection, Perennial
Meeting Garvey Once More
Padma Venkatraman reviews, recommends and rejoices in Nikki Grimes’s fall releases: Garvey In the Dark and Playtime.