South Sudanese American rapper OD Bonny opened our launch event for The Good Braider on a blustery night in Maine. Then he stunned us with a new song he has written to tell the story of Viola, the heroine of the novel. OD is still working on the song and is creating a book trailer…
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Braiding the Verse Novel: Jeannine Atkins
Jeannine Atkins’ poems that recreate the lives of people in history are a part of “Braiding the Verse Novel.” These are a series of interviews I did with writers of novels – and this biography – in verse. I’ve written articles about verse novels that draw on these conversations in different ways.