By: Lauren,
on 9/14/2011
By R. Michael Alvarez After my co-editor, Jonathan N. Katz, and I took over editorship of Political Analysis in January 2010, one of our primary goals was to extend the readership and intellectual reach of our journal. We wished to grow our readership internationally, and to also deepen our reach outside of political science, into other social sciences.
By: Kelly Fineman,
on 4/7/2008
The folks over at the Academy of American Poets have decided that April 17th will be the first-ever national "Poem in Your Pocket" day. It's been an annual event in New York City since 2002, and this year it's going national. Or perhaps global.
The entire "movement" in NYC was inspired by this poem by children's author Beatrice Schenk de Regniers called "Keep a Poem in Your Pocket":
Keep a Poem in Your Pocket
by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
Keep a poem in your pocket
And a picture in your head
And you'll never feel lonely
At night when you're in bed.
The little poem will sing to you
The little picture bring to you
A dozen dreams to dance to you
At night when you're in bed.
So - -
Keep a picture in your pocket
And a poem in your head
And you'll never feel lonely
At night when you're in bed.
You can download a pocket-sized version of this poem from NYC.gov.
Teachers have been using "poem in my pocket" activities for the past few years as well. Many of them relate to one of my favorite children's poets, Tony Mitton, who has written a marvelous poem about keeping a poem in one's pocket as part of his poetry collection My Hat and All That:
In my pocket,
feeling round,
what can this be
that I've found?
Pull it out to see
and - oooh!
Look: a poem
just for you.
Another great resource for use with kids? Bobbi Katz's book, Pocket Poems, illustrated by Marilyn Hafner. It leads off with "A Pocket Poem."
A Pocket Poem
by Bobbi Katz
With a poem in your pocket
and
a pocket in your pants
you can rock with new rhythms.
You can sing.
You can dance.
And wherever you go,
and whatever you do,
that poem in your pocket is going there, too.
read the rest here
But pocket poems aren't just for kids. This link will take you to an array of "pockets", each bearing a single word. At the top left, "frog" will get you a printable pocket-sized copy of "I'm Nobody! Who are You?" by Emily Dickinson. Below it, "roses" will bring you Shakespeare's Sonnet 130, which begins "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun". Both Shakespeare and Dickinson have more than one poem in the array, with poems by others including Sara Teasdale, Wilfred Owen, Gerard Manley Hopkins and more.
I hope you'll take some time between now and next Thursday to find a poem that fits your pocket, and that when Thursday, April 17th comes, you'll share it with some people in your corner of the world.
By: David Elzey,
on 3/5/2008
Poems by Alan Katz Drawings by Edward Koren Margaret K. McElderry / Simon & Schuster 2008 Okay, once again just to make sure we're all on the same page: do not give your book a title that can be used against you in a review. You would think editors would be the first to understand the rules of making a book review-proof. Of course, it's also a good idea to make sure the content followed the
By: Rebecca,
on 6/5/2007
One of the best things about the lit blogosphere is all the different voices. So here is a sampling of the voices weighing in on last weekend’s festivities at BEA.
Ferham writes about her panel appearance. So does Chekhov’s Mistress.
Sarah Browning weighs in on the freebies. (more…)
By: Rebecca,
on 6/1/2007
Happy Friday to everyone. I am back from my UK trip and at the Javits center today for Book Expo America. What an experience! A literal city of book lovers, I am in heaven. The OUP booth is 2357 so if you are nearby come say hi. We are having beer and popcorn to celebrate the Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink at 3:30 so come introduce yourself!
More updates to come…
By: Rebecca,
on 4/27/2007
Our favorite event of the year is rapidly approaching, Book Expo America. If you are there please stop by the OUP booth (number 2356) and introduce yourself. I will be blogging all three days about the people I meet and the speakers I hear.
On Friday, June 1 starting at 3:30 join us for Beer and Popcorn presented by The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink.
On Saturday, June 2 starting at 3:30 join us for Cannolis and Coffee presented by The Oxford Companion to Italian Food.
All three days stop by to enter our raffle and win a free copy of the Oxford English Dictionary.
I noticed that Kirkus gave this book a starred review--saying it is excellent. It was also picked as a Book Sense best book of the spring. I haven't seen it yet, but as a teacher, I appreciate books that will get kids to enjoy poetry. Lighten up.
Well, I declare! Lighten up indeed! You haven't even seen the book, yet you can pass judgment on me based on someone else's say-so?As a former teacher I never had a problem getting kids to enjoy poetry. The key is putting good books in their hands so that they don't come to equate bad books with all books.And sign your posts before telling other people to lighten up