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From: K.T. Horning <horning_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2014 13:24:26 -0600
Lee, thanks for your response. We, too, have noticed that poetry anthologies are an endangered species, but I hadn't thought about the fact that the few that do exist these days are themed. How does a new poet establish himself or herself in children's literature? Let's definitely return to this issue in April, and find out from teachers, librarians, and parents how they are sharing poetry with children and teens.
We will keep a record of any and all suggestions people have for issues or themes within our broad topics, so please keep suggesting them -- and feel free to suggest other trends and topics for the rest of the year.
--KT
On 1/7/2014 10:00 AM, Lbhcove_at_aol.com wrote:
> I am very happy to see Poetry will be a topic this coming April. Once
> again poetry has become a hard sell to most publishers. Anthologies
> are disappearing; only two were published in 2013; two or three are
> scheduled for 2014.
> A trend among editors is for all poetry books to be themed. Where
> is the room for
> poet's poems? Why shouldn't there be a book of poems about a fawn, a
> flashlight,
> a fossil, a friend -- all found within one book, by one voice?
> Past poets did it: Livingston, Worth, Merriam, et. al. We need new
> voices. This is a sad commentary that indeed needs discussing.
> Lee Bennett Hopkins
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2014 13:24:26 -0600
Lee, thanks for your response. We, too, have noticed that poetry anthologies are an endangered species, but I hadn't thought about the fact that the few that do exist these days are themed. How does a new poet establish himself or herself in children's literature? Let's definitely return to this issue in April, and find out from teachers, librarians, and parents how they are sharing poetry with children and teens.
We will keep a record of any and all suggestions people have for issues or themes within our broad topics, so please keep suggesting them -- and feel free to suggest other trends and topics for the rest of the year.
--KT
On 1/7/2014 10:00 AM, Lbhcove_at_aol.com wrote:
> I am very happy to see Poetry will be a topic this coming April. Once
> again poetry has become a hard sell to most publishers. Anthologies
> are disappearing; only two were published in 2013; two or three are
> scheduled for 2014.
> A trend among editors is for all poetry books to be themed. Where
> is the room for
> poet's poems? Why shouldn't there be a book of poems about a fawn, a
> flashlight,
> a fossil, a friend -- all found within one book, by one voice?
> Past poets did it: Livingston, Worth, Merriam, et. al. We need new
> voices. This is a sad commentary that indeed needs discussing.
> Lee Bennett Hopkins
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