Author Interview: Nikki Grimes on The Power of Words

Posted on November 12, 2019November 12, 2019

Memoir is one of my favorite genres to read. When Nikki Grimes shared some poems from hers last summer, I knew I must read Ordinary Hazards (Boyds Mills & Kane, 2019), the entire book.

Written in verse, her words captivated me much as the act of writing did her at an early age.

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In Memory: Lee Bennett Hopkins

Posted on September 16, 2019September 16, 2019

By Stephani Martinell Eaton

Lee Bennett Hopkins, celebrated and renowned poet, educator, and anthologist, died Aug. 8 in Cape Coral, Florida. He was 81.

Obituary: Lee Bennett Hopkins from The New York Times. Peek:

“Mr. Hopkins was famed in the children’s book world for championing poetry as well as for the sheer volume of his output.

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