Reader's Roundtable Episode 36: Poetry Month
April 2021 Readers Roundtable Podcast
It’s National Poetry Month and we can’t let that get by without sharing, so check out these poetry picks and a few more titles we’re excited about.
Mari’s Picks:
Hello, Earth!: poems to our planet by Joyce Sidman
Swirl by Swirl : Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman
A Hatful of Dragons And More Than 13.8 Billion Other Funny Poems by Vikram Madan
Mexique : A Refugee Story from the Spanish Civil War by María José Ferrada
Misc. Other Picks
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
I Am The Tree of Life : My Jewish Yoga Book by Rabbi Mychal Copeland
Jessica’s Picks:
Poetry
The Perseverance by Raymond Antrobus
· NPR article: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/25/980823034/perseverance-and-poetry-help-a-writer-bridge-multiple-worlds
Finna by Nate Marshall
How To Love the World edited by James Crews
· Brené Brown’s Unlocking Us Podcast.
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley (with Mari)
Cheryl’s Picks:
Academy of American Poets – poets.org
Poetry Breaks: Lucille Clifton on What Poetry Is - YouTube
She Had Some Horses by Joy Harjo
Sight Lines by Arthur Sze
Homie by Danez Smith
Together in a Sudden Strangeness: America’s Poets Respond to the Pandemic ed. by Alice Quinn
Cardinal by Tyree Daye