From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:24:29 -0500

The message below is from Henrietta Smith:

Hi Megan

You hit on some of my favorites immediately. As a member of the Pura Belpre Committee this year, I KNEW Under the Mesquite had to be THE winner from the first pages. Those who write novels in poetic form seem to be able to paint on a huge canvas a great picture with a minimum of words. How about Helen Frost's words within words as she did in Diamond Willow.. How does one classify Marilyn Nelson's Emmett Till? Is that strictly poetry ? poetic prose? Is Sharon Creech's /Love That Dog/, poetry or a novella or a combination??

This topic is going to have us looking for this format a little more obvilously I bet!

Henrietta

Henrietta M. Smith boagjohns_at_aol.com

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