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Wednesday, December 14, 2016 2:07:33 AM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled Would You Believe: A Real Life Homework Strike in Spain:
Gregory K. said, "It's life imitating art imitating life or some variation on that theme: all November long, parents in Spain were asked to put their kids on a homework strike. The strike was for weekends only, and if a school sent home homework, parents were asked..." more
Tuesday, November 1, 2016 11:49:13 AM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled One Minute Till Bedtime Is Now!:
Gregory K. said, "It's launch day for One Minute till Bedtime, an anthology anthologized by Kenn Nesbitt and including a whole slew of poets... including me! The book is fantastic, and I think that's unbiased (while I'm biased). I base that not only on reading it..." more
Friday, October 14, 2016 3:19:46 AM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled Found Poetry - family:
Gregory K. said, "(click to see the found poem in all its found glory)family(a found poem)byGreg PincusPerhaps you like a puzzle even if it is a puzzlethat does not have an answer.The mysteryis this, "How didthe answerhave such history?"Perhaps you will come up with..." more
Monday, October 3, 2016 6:54:24 PM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled OMP! (Oh My Poetry!) - Thoughts After WWU's Inaugural Poetry Camp:
Gregory K. said, "I am just back from Western Washington University's first ever Poetry Camp for Adults. It was awesome. I can't talk all the highlights, so I've picked the three that are tied in my head as "tops."1) 38 poets!!!! On Friday, the day before the..." more
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 2:25:38 PM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled Will I See You in Washington at Poetry Camp?:
Gregory K. said, "I'm so excited to be heading to Western Washington University (in Bellingham, WA) at the end of this month for Poetry Camp - a day about sharing, teaching, and understanding poetry. Yeah, it's a one day camp/conference about children's poetry - be..." more
Friday, September 9, 2016 1:14:46 AM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled Rules of Writing (Part One) - a poem about writing:
Gregory K. said, "Rules of Writing (Part One)byGreg PincusThere are many rules of writing,But here's one that's a myth:You can never end a sentenceA preposition with. It's true. I mean, it's true that it's a myth. That's something I'm sure of. I'm also sure it's..." more
Thursday, September 8, 2016 1:48:40 PM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled All Signs Point To...:
Gregory K. said, "... a return to the blog by the wandering host! It's been a couple months since I was last here, though it's good to see things remain just as I left them.It was a summer of travel and work and play for me during which I encountered many others..." more
Tuesday, June 21, 2016 7:11:03 PM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled Cover! New Book! YAY! (The Homework Strike, Coming Soon):
Gregory K. said, "Not that I'm excited or anything, but MY NEW BOOK IS COMING OUT SOOOOOOOON! The Homework Strike will be coming your way January 3, 2017, once again from Arthur A. Levine Books (and once again with a stellar cover by Linzie Hunter).So many of you..." more
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 10:50:07 AM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled It's Disney Channel Movie Time!:
Gregory K. said, "Need something to do this weekend? Good news - the Disney Channel is having a marathon of their Original Movies all weekend long. So you can watch Alley Cats Strike (every word of which is mine, for better or worse), Quints (on which I share..." more
Friday, April 29, 2016 12:03:23 AM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled Blog Flashback #7 - 30 Poets/30 Days:
Gregory K. said, "Back in 2009, I had this kinda nutty, out of the blue idea for Gottabook - what if I could share a never-before-published poem by a different children's poet every day during National Poetry Month? I had no real plan on how to get the poems,..." more
Friday, April 22, 2016 2:10:43 AM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled J. Patrick Lewis - Questions To Ask The World:
Gregory K. said, "It's Earth Day. It's Poetry Friday. And I'm the lucky guy who gets a guest poem from J. Patrick Lewis! ..." more
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 4:34:49 PM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled Blog Flashback #6 - A Rhyming Interview!:
Gregory K. said, "I've never tried to figure out my single favorite post in my 10 years here at Gottabook, but if I was making a short list, I'm sure my rhyming interview with Leslie Muir would be on it.Leslie, who I've known since well before either of us was..." more
Friday, April 15, 2016 8:59:55 AM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled On Going to Bed Without Dessert - a food poem:
Gregory K. said, "On Going to Bed Without DessertbyGreg PincusMy brain's full of sundaes and thick, creamy shakes.My thoughts drift to cookies and pastries and cakes.I'm thinking of donuts. My head swims with pies.I see piles of candy when I close my eyes.And..." more
Friday, April 8, 2016 12:59:38 AM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled A Summary and a Review of My Recent School Vacation - a school poem/a vacation poem:
Gregory K. said, "A Summary and a Review of My Recent School VacationbyGreg PincusFlu.Boo.It's Poetry Friday yet again here in the blogosphere, so head on over to Laura Purdie Salas's Writing the World for Kids and check out this week's roundup of poetry goodies...." more
Friday, April 1, 2016 1:51:19 AM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled No Fooling - an April Fools' Day Poem:
Gregory K. said, "No FoolingbyGreg PincusI hate to be tricked. I hate to be schooled.I hate to be pranked. I hate to be fooled.You do the fooling? I'll say you're the worst(If the date on the calendar's not April 1st).Yes, it's the one day of the year when maybe,..." more
Monday, March 28, 2016 12:36:22 PM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled Blog Flashback #5 - Ballonstof!:
Gregory K. said, "I realize that most of you who know me personally associate me with hot air ballooning very deeply, but if one reads the blog only, well, you wouldn't get that. (OK, fine. You don't get that in person, either). And yet one of my favorite blog-thangs..." more
Wednesday, March 9, 2016 3:26:15 PM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled Blog Flashback #4 - Kidlitcon!:
Gregory K. said, "Long before there was even the above logo or the loose, overseeing Kidlitosphere Central, a group of us who blogged about children's literature gathered in Chicago for what was the first every Kidlitosphere Conference (aka Kidlitcon!). That was back..." more
Friday, March 4, 2016 1:08:57 AM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled Poetry Re-issue: Thoughts During My Spelling Test:
Gregory K. said, "Thoughts During My Spelling TestbyGreg PincusYacht, February, aisle, cologne?I've got to think. Leave me alogne.Isthmus, Wednesday, queue, colonel?I give up. This test's infolonel!It's Poetry Friday, and I'm continuing my look back at 10 years of..." more
Thursday, March 3, 2016 1:26:52 PM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled Blog Flashback #3 - Visitors and Guests:
Gregory K. said, "Continuing to think about my 10 years of blogging here, one of my favorite, unexpected experiences has to be the guests and visitors who've come traipsing through these parts. And I'm not really talking about guest posts or things like that. I'm..." more
Monday, February 29, 2016 11:50:27 AM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled Two Leap Day Poems:
Gregory K. said, "Since I'm flashing back on 10 years of blogging still, I figure I should run both my prior Leap Day poems since it's been eight and four years, respectively, since I last posted them...Leap Day BabybyGreg PincusMy father never acts his age.My mother..." more
Friday, February 26, 2016 10:16:18 AM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled Poetry Re-issue: I Wrote The End:
Gregory K. said, "Since I'm celebrating 10 years of blogging here, I figured I'd re-post my very first blogged poem on its exact 10th anniversary. I Wrote the EndbyGreg PincusI wrote the end of this short verse before I wrote the start.I wrote the end because I knew..." more
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 5:39:40 PM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled Blog Flashback 2 - Oddaptations:
Gregory K. said, "Even before Fibs, I was using the blog to play around with things I enjoyed. In the case of Oddaptations, that meant posting odd, twisted, rhyming adaptation/Cliff Notes versions of children's literature classics.My first Oddaptation post back in..." more
Monday, February 22, 2016 4:13:27 PM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled Blog Flashback 1 - Fibs!:
Gregory K. said, "In kicking off my look back at my 10 years of blogging here, I figure there's no point in burying the story of Fibs. I mean, seriously - a viral blog post (or two, even), me and the blog in the New York Times, and a two book deal with Arthur A...." more
Sunday, February 21, 2016 9:07:22 PM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled My Blog is 10 Years Old Today!:
Gregory K. said, "It's true! My very first post here at GottaBook was on February 21, 2006. They grow up so fast, don't they? For the record... that original post is still in the archives. Over the next three weeks, I'm going to share 10 memories/things I've..." more
Thursday, December 15, 2016 12:39:50 PM
Gregory K. Pincus wrote a blog post titled The Homework Strike is a Junior Library Guild selection!:
Gregory K. said, "Not to be tooting the Homework Strike horn or anything, but... hey, y'all... it's a Junior Library Guild selection! Okay - fine: Toot! Toot!(It's also available for pre-order everywhere cuz it comes out January 3rd. And Linzie Hunter's cover is..." more