Did You Kiss a Cat Today? : Poems for Children

Stevenson, Diane; Lipschultz, Geri; Berger, James

ISBN 13: 9798991223430

Edité par Artvoices Art Books, 2025

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• Titre: Did You Kiss a Cat Today? : Poems for Children
• Éditeur: Artvoices Art Books
• Date de parution: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9798991223430
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: As New

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Synopsis

Did You Kiss A Cat Today was written by 3 poets who applied the skill and sophistication of how they write for older folks and applied it to how we write for younger folks. For one thing, they think children are very smart and have a very sly sense of humor. Sometimes, though, adults overlook this. They don't, and they don't talk down! They've tried to meet children on their level, a level they consider pretty high. Plus, they try not to be too preachy. Poetry is true and serious and fun, and that's the magic they wanted to convey. This book is fresh and exhilarating because even though these poems come from three distinct sensibilities, they do, both individually and collectively, conjure a child's world with its irrepressible freshness. Everything that happens can be the poem. The smallest thing; the largest thing. To tell a story is good. To tell just a piece of a story is good. In a poem, you don't have to finish the story. Sometimes the middle of the story can be best! So, enjoy the poems!"

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Diane Stevenson is a Breadloaf Scholar. She taught at Sarah Lawrence College, Hobart and William Smith, and the University of Southern Mississippi. She's published poems and articles in journals; The Nation, Boulevard, Pataphysics, Raritan, The Yale Review, Socialist Review, The Mississippi Review, as well as film reviews in various film journals.

Geri Lipschultz is a twice a Pushcart Prize nominee who teaches writing at Hunter College and Borough of Manhattan Community College. Some of her publications include work in New York Times, College English, Kalliope, Black Warrior Review, Great Weather for MEDIA, and The Toast. She has a story and poem in Pearson's college anthology, Literature: Introduction to Reading and Writing, as well as a story in Spuyten Duyvil's The Wreckage of Reason II. She has blogged at wewantedtobewriters.com. Her novels have been finalists for Eyewear Publishing, Subito Press, and others. She was awarded a Creative Artists in Public Service (CAPS) grant from New York State for her fiction, and her one-woman show (titled Once Upon the Present Time) was produced in NYC by Woodie King, Jr.

Jim Berger is a poet, teacher, and literary scholar. He taught 3rd grade students; he was a member of the Teachers and Writers Collaborative (New York): teaching poetry writing in elementary schools. He was an adjunct professor teaching freshman comp Hostos Community College. He was a visiting Asst. Prof. of English at George Mason University and Asst. Prof, Associate Prof. Full Prof. of English at Hofstra University: Currently he's the Senior Lecturer in American Studies and English at Yale University. He has been awarded the prestigious Taft Postdoctoral Fellowship, U. of Cincinnati and the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship.