Jason Reynold’s “For Everyone” is a Poem, a Nod, a Nothing to Lose

The beautiful, slim new volume by Jason Reynolds is all things and nothing. He explains in the preface that parts … More

Update #2 on My Season of David Foster Wallace: “A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again”

My season of David Foster Wallace continues with a dive into his collection of Essays and Arguments, A Supposedly Fun … More

Took a quick spin through New Orleans on the last few days of March and saw art and slaps along … More

This is It is written and illustrated by Daria Peoples-Riley and is about a little girl who is scared to … More

Nicola Yoon begins her young adult novel, The Sun is Also a Star with an explanation of Carl Sagan’s theory … More

With a strong cast, great story, smart soundtrack and touching relationships Love, Simon successfully tells a gay love story for teens … More

I began my season of David Foster Wallace reading Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. It’s a collection of short stories … More

From the moment you see the candy-colored cover with bold lettering and design, you know that Brazen by Pénélope Bagieu … More

It can be difficult to think of new ways to encourage readers to read poetry. Many teachers and librarians have … More

Throughout my life I have traveled along the edges of the work of David Foster Wallace. Repeatedly I have read … More