For Poetry Friday -- "The Place My Words Are Looking For: what poets say about and through their work" selected by Paul B. Janeczko.
Janeczko has assembled an
impressive collection of work by thirty-nine poets: Myra Cohn Livingston, Bobbi
Katz, Cynthia Rylant, Gary Soto, John Updike and the anthologist, Paul B.
Janeczko to name a few.
Complimenting the verse are
comments from each poet on topics such as how they find inspiration, write, share
their interests, and express their points of view in their poetry.
Readers will learn about Patrick Lewis' fascination with animal Points
of view as expressed in "Mosquito. " As a writer I was drawn to Naomi
Shihab Nye's thoughtful remarks about how the paper will always listen and
sometimes speak back when no one else will and how the boundary between
"real" and "imagined" can be blurred. Russell Hoban's very real depiction of
"Esme on Her Brother's Bicycle is inspired. I'll let you discover Jack Prelutsky's inspiration
for "The Underwater Wibbles. "
2 comments:
This looks like an interesting book, Janet! Thanks for drawing attention to it!
Thanks for introducing me to Paul Janeczko's latest. I've loved his other anthologies. I'm sure I'll love this one too. I so like the idea of it!
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