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- wwu:901
- Title
- Melissa Sweet interview
- Date
- 2016-02-25
- Description
- Melissa Sweet is an award-winning illustrator of children's literature.
- Digital Collection
- PoetryCHaT Oral History Collection
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- text
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- PoetryCHaT Collection
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- SweetMelissa_20160225
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- with the front matter a little bit to make it a lead into the story. And there had to be -- so in this case -- That’s a great question actually. In this case, we had Jane and Heidi’s text, but we had to give them, these birds, a life. What does it mean that pigeons nest on concrete ledges, catbirds
- Identifier
- wwu:866
- Title
- Naomi Shihab Nye interview [transcript]
- Part of
- Naomi Shihab Nye interview
- Date
- 2016-05-20
- Description
- Naomi Shihab Nye is an award winning poet, songwriter, and novelist. She writes for all ages.
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- text
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- PoetryCHaT Collection
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- NyeNaomiShihab_20160520
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- of my parents were very curious, they were good talkers, and they exposed me early on, way before I could read or write myself, like early years, to hearing stories, hearing poems. At bedtime there were a lot of rituals. My dad would sit and tell stories. My mom would read, would sing - had a beaut
- Identifier
- wwu:38756
- Title
- Janet Wong interview
- Date
- 2017-07-30
- Description
- Janet Wong is an American poet, author of more than 30 books, and recipient of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Excellence in Poetry for Children Award.
- Digital Collection
- PoetryCHaT Oral History Collection
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- text
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- PoetryCHaT Collection
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- WongJanet_20170730
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- about who I really am and what I do or don’t do– All this form wants to know is: what kind of other are YOU? Janet Wong Edited Transcript – July 30, 2017 Children & Teen Poetry Collection (PoetryCHaT) 25 ©Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections Then the Mentor Text, my mentor po
- Identifier
- wwu:38772
- Title
- Rebecca Davis interview
- Date
- 2017-06-24
- Description
- Rebecca Davis is a senior editor for Boyds Mills Press and WordSong, a U.S. children's poetry imprint.
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- PoetryCHaT Oral History Collection
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- text
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- DavisRebecca_20170624
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- wwu:38774
- Title
- Rebecca Davis interview [transcript]
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- Rebecca Davis interview
- Date
- 2017-06-24
- Description
- Rebecca Davis is a senior editor for Boyds Mills Press and WordSong, a U.S. children's poetry imprint
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- PoetryCHaT Collection
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- DavisRebecca_20170624_01
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- : Still with that market in mind. Yes, absolutely, what’s possible. NJ: Sylvia brought up something I’d like to come back to about illustration. Do you make the decision -is that your decision about who illustrates somebody’s collections? RD: Yes, usually I start with the text and think about what k
- Identifier
- wwu:852
- Title
- Naomi Shihab Nye interview
- Date
- 2016-05-20
- Description
- Naomi Shihab Nye is an award winning poet, songwriter, and novelist. She writes for all ages.
- Digital Collection
- PoetryCHaT Oral History Collection
- Type of resource
- text
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- Special Collections
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- PoetryCHaT Collection
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- NyeNaomiShihab_20160520
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- of my parents were very curious, they were good talkers, and they exposed me early on, way before I could read or write myself, like early years, to hearing stories, hearing poems. At bedtime there were a lot of rituals. My dad would sit and tell stories. My mom would read, would sing - had a beaut
- Identifier
- wwu:38760
- Title
- Desireé Dallagiacomo interview
- Date
- 2019-04-08
- Description
- Desireé Dallagiacomo is an American spoken word poet.
- Digital Collection
- PoetryCHaT Oral History Collection
- Type of resource
- text
- Object custodian
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- PoetryCHaT Collection
- Local Identifier
- DallagiacomoDesiree_20190408
- Identifier
- wwu:38773
- Title
- Rebecca Kai Dotlich interview
- Date
- 2017-09-29
- Description
- Rebecca Kai Dotlich is an award-winning American children's author and poet.
- Digital Collection
- PoetryCHaT Oral History Collection
- Type of resource
- text
- Object custodian
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- PoetryCHaT Collection
- Local Identifier
- DotlichRebeccaKai_20170929
- Identifier
- wwu:38764
- Title
- Desireé Dallagiacomo [transcript]
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- Desireé Dallagiacomo interview
- Date
- 2019-04-08
- Description
- Desireé Dallagiacomo is an American spoken word poet.
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- text
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- Special Collections
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- PoetryCHaT Collection
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- DallagiacomoDesiree_20190408_01
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- spend a lot of time revising. I think sometimes as slammers or spoken word poets, people don’t think that we do. People think it’s just like blobs of text, which is also fine, but we also take what it looks like. I can say I, as a performance poet and as a slammer, very much care what it looks like
- Identifier
- wwu:40575
- Title
- Marilyn Singer interview
- Date
- 2017-10-10
- Description
- Marilyn Singer is an award-winning author of books for children and young adults.
- Digital Collection
- PoetryCHaT Oral History Collection
- Type of resource
- text
- Object custodian
- Special Collections
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- PoetryCHaT Collection
- Local Identifier
- SingerMarilyn_20171010
- Identifier
- wwu:855
- Title
- Liz Van Doren interview
- Date
- 2016-01-15
- Description
- Liz Van Doren is the Editorial Director at Boyds Mill Press and Highlights for Children. Kerry McManus is the Marketing and Permissions Manager at Boyds Mills Press and Highlights for Children. Wordsong, an imprint of Boyds Mills Press, is the only children's imprint in the United States specifically dedicated to poetry.
- Digital Collection
- PoetryCHaT Oral History Collection
- Type of resource
- text
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- PoetryCHaT Collection
- Local Identifier
- VanDoren20160115
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- Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections PoetryCHaT Liz Van Doren ATTENTION: © Copyright Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. "Fair use" criteria of Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 must be followed. The following materials can be used for
- Identifier
- wwu:38768
- Title
- Neil Hilborn interview [transcript]
- Part of
- Neil Hilborn interview
- Date
- 2018-04-12
- Description
- Neil Hilborn is an American slam poet.
- Type of resource
- text
- Object custodian
- Special Collections
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- PoetryCHaT Collection
- Local Identifier
- HilbornNeil_20180412_01
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- Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections PoetryCHaT Neil Hilborn ATTENTION: © Copyright Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. "Fair use" criteria of Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 must be followed. The following materials can be used for
- Identifier
- wwu:38776
- Title
- Rebecca Kai Dotlich interview [transcript]
- Part of
- Rebecca Kai Dotlich interview
- Date
- 2017-09-29
- Description
- Rebecca Kai Dotlich is an award-winning American children's author and poet.
- Type of resource
- text
- Object custodian
- Special Collections
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- PoetryCHaT Collection
- Local Identifier
- DotlichRebeccaKai_20170929_01
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- Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections PoetryCHaT Rebecca Kai Dotlich ATTENTION: © Copyright Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. "Fair use" criteria of Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 must be followed. The following materials can be us
- Identifier
- wwu:853
- Title
- Joyce Sidman interview
- Date
- 2015-02-15
- Description
- Joyce Sidman is a Newbery Honor winning children's author and poet.
- Digital Collection
- PoetryCHaT Oral History Collection
- Type of resource
- text
- Object custodian
- Special Collections
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- PoetryCHaT Collection
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- SidmanJoyce_20150227
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- Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections PoetryCHAT Joyce Sidman ATTENTION: © Copyright Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. "Fair use" criteria of Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 must be followed. The following materials can be used for
- Identifier
- wwu:38757
- Title
- Janet Wong interview [transcript]
- Part of
- Janet Wong interview
- Date
- 2017-07-30
- Description
- Janet Wong is an American poet, author of more than 30 books, and recipient of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Excellence in Poetry for Children Award.
- Type of resource
- text
- Object custodian
- Special Collections
- Related Collection
- PoetryCHaT Collection
- Local Identifier
- WongJanet_20170730_01
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- about who I really am and what I do or don’t do– All this form wants to know is: what kind of other are YOU? Janet Wong Edited Transcript – July 30, 2017 Children & Teen Poetry Collection (PoetryCHaT) 25 ©Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections Then the Mentor Text, my mentor po
- Identifier
- wwu:38761
- Title
- Sara Holbrook and Michael Salinger interview
- Date
- 2016-10-02
- Description
- Sara Holbrook is an educator and author of numerous poetry collections for children and teenagers. Michael Salinger is an American poet and performer and one of the earliest participants in the National Poetry Slam.
- Digital Collection
- PoetryCHaT Oral History Collection
- Type of resource
- text
- Object custodian
- Special Collections
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- PoetryCHaT Collection
- Local Identifier
- HolbrookSara_SalingerMichael_20161002
- Identifier
- wwu:40576
- Title
- Marilyn Singer interview [transcript]
- Part of
- Marilyn Singer interview
- Date
- 2017-10-10
- Description
- Marilyn Singer is an award-winning author of books for children and young adults.
- Type of resource
- text
- Object custodian
- Special Collections
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- PoetryCHaT Collection
- Local Identifier
- SingerMarilyn_20171010_01
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- Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections PoetryCHaT Marilyn Singer ATTENTION: © Copyright Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. "Fair use" criteria of Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 must be followed. The following materials can be used fo
- Identifier
- wwu:867
- Title
- Liz Van Doren interview [transcript]
- Part of
- Liz Van Doren interview
- Date
- 2016-01-15
- Description
- Liz Van Doren is the Editorial Director at Boyds Mill Press and Highlights for Children. Kerry McManus is the Marketing and Permissions Manager at Boyds Mills Press and Highlights for Children. Wordsong, an imprint of Boyds Mills Press, is the only children's imprint in the United States specifically dedicated to poetry.
- Type of resource
- text
- Object custodian
- Special Collections
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- PoetryCHaT Collection
- Local Identifier
- VanDoren20160115
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- Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections PoetryCHaT Liz Van Doren ATTENTION: © Copyright Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. "Fair use" criteria of Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 must be followed. The following materials can be used for
- Identifier
- wwu:38766
- Title
- Sara Holbrook and Michael Salinger interview [transcript]
- Part of
- Sara Holbrook and Michael Salinger interview
- Date
- 2016-10-02
- Description
- Sara Holbrook is an educator and author of numerous poetry collections for children and teenagers. Michael Salinger is an American poet and performer and one of the earliest participants in the National Poetry Slam.
- Type of resource
- text
- Object custodian
- Special Collections
- Related Collection
- PoetryCHaT Collection
- Local Identifier
- HolbrookSara_SalingerMichael_20161002_01
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- ;The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere." And she said, that’s a poem. I want you all to write your own poems. I wanted to write like that, but I couldn’t. I mean, I had those nursery rhymes in me, I had that rhythm, but I just couldn’t make it happen. There was no instruction, she just said, Here’s your
- Identifier
- wwu:856
- Title
- Sylvia Vardell interview
- Date
- 2016-01-08
- Description
- Sylvia Vardell is a Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at Texas Woman's University. Her work focuses on poetry for chldren, including a regular blog, PoetryforChildren. She is the regular "Everyday Poetry" columnist for ALA's BookLinks magazine and the 2014 recipient of the ALA Scholastic Library Publishing Award.
- Digital Collection
- PoetryCHaT Oral History Collection
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- text
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- PoetryCHaT Collection
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- VardellSylvia_20160108
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- Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections PoetryCHaT Sylvia Vardell ATTENTION: © Copyright Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. "Fair use" criteria of Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 must be followed. The following materials can be used fo