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Tag: poetry

Recent Reads Roundup

December 2, 2025 Marcia Strykowski

There have been so many great books released this past year, I had to squeeze in one more multi-book post highlighting some of my favorites.

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Atmospheric Poetry: New STEM picture book Up, Up High joins Deep, Deep Down

January 28, 2025 Marianne Knowles

Lydia Lukidis’s STEM picture books, Up, Up, High and Deep, Deep Down, blend poetic storytelling with scientific information, offering engaging journeys through Earth’s atmosphere and ocean depths for readers of all ages.

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Interview with Poet, Scientist, Adventurer, and Kidlit Author Leslie Bulion…with a giveaway of her amazing book, Galápagos: Islands of Change!

August 20, 2024 Laura Fineberg Cooper

If you read my earlier post, When Truth is Stranger than Fiction, you likely noticed the featured image, a Blue-Footed Booby whose picture I snapped

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The Thing To Remember About Stargazing: A Lesson in Learning to Rewrite/Revise/Recycle

October 6, 2023 Alumni & Guests

Guest Post by Matt Forrest Esenwine This is a story about four books and a poem, and how interconnected the publishing life can be. Folks

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Interview with Jacqueline Jules – Author of Smoke at the Pentagon: Poems to Remember

August 15, 2023 Laura Fineberg Cooper

Laura: Jacqueline, I’m honored to welcome you back to Writers’ Rumpus to discuss this deeply touching book. After reading it, I can truly say you’ve more than achieved your goal of “honoring the lives lost and the resiliency of a city that rebuilt within a year.” What was your inspiration for creating this heartfelt collection of poems?

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OCEANS OF LOVE for Illustrators

May 3, 2022 Alumni & Guests

Author Janet Lawler is always surprised by illustrations for her books, but she is grateful that artists add to her stories and create picture book magic.

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When is it Time for Rhyme?

March 30, 2018 Alumni & Guests

by Alli Brydon April is just around the corner, and it’s National Poetry Month! In honor of good ol’ verse, I wanted to talk about

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