While waiting for summer, we explore the arts in full–
A young adult novel that is for all of us. Baby not only is a great story but features poetry– including Edna St Vincent Millay and William Carlos Williams. Tap dancing, beaches and a baby, Sophie, left by her mother with a close-knit island family for a few seasons. Everyone is touched by Sophie and
I am excited to report that I have read 2,036 pages so far in winter reading with a little less than a week to go! We wrap our reading adventure next Wednesday, March 1st. As usual, I am delighted by the discoveries — Simon Van Booy is at the top of the list, with Night
Waited in the queue for a while to get this read from the library. Worth the wait! I feel like the cover, title and subtitle set you up for thinking this will be a clinical, manual type read; however, it is written more like a memoir or autobiography, with information woven into the prose. I
@foshee07 handed me this book moons ago when we met in Seattle — I have admired it on my shelf for some time but hadn’t had the chance to read it until now, and I am so glad I did. This book is lovely– for the ModPo crew, I think you’d especially enjoy. Essentially, Maxwell
I picked this up from the library yesterday and working through a partly sleepless night, I read this through the wee hours with the half moon peering through my window. I love this book – I am so grateful for our reading adventures as they bring me so many places. The book is about an
Juniper Street by Joan Frank — a lovely novel by a detail-oriented writer. She mentions details in Late Work and I appreciate seeing her take on them in Juniper Street. The story is about two childhood friends Mary and the unnamed narrator and their lives in Sacramento. They go on great adventures together and explore
Get your hands on this book and read it. Especially if you like reading about writing – and reading about reading. Frank is authentically honest and, pun intended, Frank in her words (I hope she doesn’t think this is too clever). This book of essays is one of those that you want to keep dipping
I picked this up from the poetry section at the Woodland Public Library last Saturday. I love that she has a section written from a cruise ship. I love the introduction giving advice to poetry writers about how best to approach the craft — classes, community and focusing on form are a few nuggets of
Ada Limón’s poetry is storytelling by stanzas. This book is broken up into the four seasons, which helps orient the reader. Limón’s poetry is accessible, readable and likeable. This book reflects the height of the pandemic, by this I mean the public engagement with COVID-19 and its related isolation and loss, grief. Many poems feature
Open Arts Spring 2023 