I gave a talk to students who are studying to become teachers at the University of Maine in Farmington at their annual Diversity Conference. At the same time, the New England Geographical Society was meeting on campus. And a part of that conference was a 20-foot inflatable balloon, hand-painted to look like a globe, and…
Monthly Archives: October 2012
The Verse Novel: Caroline Starr Rose
“Braiding the Verse Novel” is a series of interviews I did with writers of novels – and one biography – in verse. We had our conversations over the summer of 2012. I’ve written articles about verse novels for School Library Journal and NH Writer which draw on these conversations in different ways. Here, I’m posting the generous responses from…
Braiding the Verse Novel: Margarita Engle
“Braiding the Verse Novel” is a series of interviews I did with writers of novels – and one biography – in verse. We had our conversations over the summer of 2012. I’ve written articles about verse novels for School Library Journal and NH Writer which draw on these conversations in different ways. Here, I’m posting the full responses from…