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From: janeyolen_at_aol.com
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:46:44 -0400 (EDT)
Hmmm, Janet-I guess that means you are taking a poem or more of mine for t he anthology! Good to know.
Jane
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From: janet To: ccbc-net Sent: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:38 Subject:
Out Of Poetry
Thanks for such a fascinating discussion, everyone--and for mentioning some of my poetry books!
Kris: I agree with you about the need for new unthemed collections. I too l ove Deborah Chandra's RICH LIZARD--one of the all-time best poetry books.
Pat: YES. We poets need to take the initiative and continue to submit those unthemed collections, even if we suspect (or just plain KNOW) that they (w e) will be shot down during the publishers' committee meetings as "not mark etable enough." If we all just keep on sending them, maybe one will get acc epted.
Lee: GOOD LUCK GOLD is probably my most-popular collection because of the v ariety of topics (especially the "difficult" topics such as being bullied/t eased). I was devastated when it went OP, but I'm happy to report that it's been reincarnated as a print-on-demand paperback available through Amazon, BN, Baker & Taylor, and small bookstores that carry poetry (like Mockingbi rd Books in Seattle). People are also buying an e-book version, especially globally; e-books cost nothing to deliver--no shipping, no customs--and del ivery is instant, which makes it easy for someone in Singapore or Australia to buy an American book.
Lisa: So many poetry books tie in with the Common Core, as you said very we ll in your quote for our upcoming book on poetry and the Common Core. (Did I tell you how much I love your quote?) At the entrance to The Shrine to Po etry and the Common Core, we need a statue of Joyce Sidman on the right, Do uglas Florian on the left, and Lee with his mountain of anthologies in the middle.
Speaking of the Common Core . . .
All: Sylvia Vardell and I have started a company called Pomelo Books. (Our website will go live in a few weeks.) Our first project, THE POETRY FRIDAY ANTHOLOGY (coming out on September 1st), is devoted to Poetry and the Commo n Core (or, with our Texas edition, the TEKS). It's just under 300 pages, w ith 218 original poems by 74 poets. Those poets include big names such as P at Lewis, Jack Prelutsky, Jane Yolen, and Nikki Grimes, but also include so me of the best poets who haven't published their own books for children for a while--X.J. Kennedy, Patricia Hubbell, Constance Levy, Deborah Chandra, and Monica Gunning. Poems in this book are about everything under the sun: blended families, poison ivy, new puppies, bubble baths, losing your teeth, and . . . lots of poems about reading and writing.
More on Pomelo Books: our Spring 2013 plans include publishing an "OP Reviv al" series that will bring our favorite OP poems back into paperback and e- book circulation.
So, with these little bits of good news . . . and seeing things like the tr emendous PR support that National Geographic is giving to Pat Lewis's upcom ing animals anthology . . . I think this is a very exciting time for poetry .
Ever optimistic, Janet janet_at_janetwong.com
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:46:44 -0400 (EDT)
Hmmm, Janet-I guess that means you are taking a poem or more of mine for t he anthology! Good to know.
Jane
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From: janet To: ccbc-net Sent: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:38 Subject:
Out Of Poetry
Thanks for such a fascinating discussion, everyone--and for mentioning some of my poetry books!
Kris: I agree with you about the need for new unthemed collections. I too l ove Deborah Chandra's RICH LIZARD--one of the all-time best poetry books.
Pat: YES. We poets need to take the initiative and continue to submit those unthemed collections, even if we suspect (or just plain KNOW) that they (w e) will be shot down during the publishers' committee meetings as "not mark etable enough." If we all just keep on sending them, maybe one will get acc epted.
Lee: GOOD LUCK GOLD is probably my most-popular collection because of the v ariety of topics (especially the "difficult" topics such as being bullied/t eased). I was devastated when it went OP, but I'm happy to report that it's been reincarnated as a print-on-demand paperback available through Amazon, BN, Baker & Taylor, and small bookstores that carry poetry (like Mockingbi rd Books in Seattle). People are also buying an e-book version, especially globally; e-books cost nothing to deliver--no shipping, no customs--and del ivery is instant, which makes it easy for someone in Singapore or Australia to buy an American book.
Lisa: So many poetry books tie in with the Common Core, as you said very we ll in your quote for our upcoming book on poetry and the Common Core. (Did I tell you how much I love your quote?) At the entrance to The Shrine to Po etry and the Common Core, we need a statue of Joyce Sidman on the right, Do uglas Florian on the left, and Lee with his mountain of anthologies in the middle.
Speaking of the Common Core . . .
All: Sylvia Vardell and I have started a company called Pomelo Books. (Our website will go live in a few weeks.) Our first project, THE POETRY FRIDAY ANTHOLOGY (coming out on September 1st), is devoted to Poetry and the Commo n Core (or, with our Texas edition, the TEKS). It's just under 300 pages, w ith 218 original poems by 74 poets. Those poets include big names such as P at Lewis, Jack Prelutsky, Jane Yolen, and Nikki Grimes, but also include so me of the best poets who haven't published their own books for children for a while--X.J. Kennedy, Patricia Hubbell, Constance Levy, Deborah Chandra, and Monica Gunning. Poems in this book are about everything under the sun: blended families, poison ivy, new puppies, bubble baths, losing your teeth, and . . . lots of poems about reading and writing.
More on Pomelo Books: our Spring 2013 plans include publishing an "OP Reviv al" series that will bring our favorite OP poems back into paperback and e- book circulation.
So, with these little bits of good news . . . and seeing things like the tr emendous PR support that National Geographic is giving to Pat Lewis's upcom ing animals anthology . . . I think this is a very exciting time for poetry .
Ever optimistic, Janet janet_at_janetwong.com
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