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Mental Health Awareness: All the Bright Places
You know those books that you hug at the end? This is one of those books. All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven is just plain good—heartbreaking,...
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Mental Health Awareness Month: You'd Be Home Now
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It’s also the last full month of school for traditionally-scheduled districts. I think mental health is the...
Inaugural Poetry Discoveries
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Like lots of others, I didn’t discover Amanda Gorman until she graced the country with, well, her grace, her presence, and her poetry at the...
Rock Star Poets
The “Greatest Hits” album. All the greats do it—Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tom Petty, Elton John, Madonna, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mariah Carey—so it only...
Aggressively Poetic
Leaves caked my front yard, suffocating the burgeoning grass below as I sat on the couch and told myself only one more episode of Law & Order and...
Dead White Poets Society
Scads of English teachers have shown the movie Dead Poets Society in class to either begin their poetry unit or to try and inspire an appreciation...
Women’s History Month: Fighting Words
In Kimberly Brubaker Bradley’s Fighting Words, 10-year-old protagonist Della gives readers a front row seat to her daily life in foster care with her...
Women's History Month: I Am Malala
In recent months, the Taliban in the Middle East has taken over once again after American troops removed themselves. The first person I thought of...
Women's History Month: The Girl with the Louding Voice
The main character in The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré, Adunni, is on a personal journey to give herself the best life she can despite...
Women's History Month: Powerful Women
If we all trace our lineage back generation by generation, you will almost always find a fearless woman at the forefront of care, kindness, and the...