OCTOBER MOURNING: A SONG FOR MATTHEW SHEPARD (Candlewick Press) by Leslea Newman, is heartfelt, harrowing, shocking, stirring; one of the most powerful verse novels I have ever read. Newman pens 68 poems dealing with the insanely tragic death of Matthew Shepard, a gay twenty-one year...
Or where did August go? September will be a busy month. A long interview for "Poetry at Play" will soon appear, J. Patrick Lewis, Children's Poet Laureate, and dear friend, selected my book SHARING THE SEASONS, illustrated by the incredible David Diaz (see TITLES) as a...
Or where did August go? September will be a busy month. A long interview for "Poetry at Play" will soon appear, J. Patrick Lewis, Children's Poet Laureate, and dear friend, selected my book SHARING THE SEASONS, illustrated by the incredible David Diaz (see TITLES) as a...
Else Holmelund Minarik died Thursday, July l2, at the age of 91. We met in the late 1960's when I was doing BOOKS ARE BY PEOPLE (Citation Press, 1969). Maurice Sendak made the connection. Being extremely shy and very guarded about her private life, I was...
I do not recall this ever happening before. MARY'S SONG (Eerdmans) was to be released this coming October. Due to an internet demand the book was officially published at the end of last month. When I received the bound copy I went back to my notes...
