Yesterday I went to the Keene State Children's Literature Festival. Always good to hear what people immersed in the art have to say. I liked Jane's three R's for writing poetry: Revise, revitalize, reinvent. I liked Lita's, "I show up every day." I liked hearing Katharine Paterson read from A Bridge to Terabithia. A group of seventh and eighth graders and I put on the play years back. I can still hear the girl who played Maybelle shouting, "I want my Twinkies!" It was a wonderful project! I liked seeing the array of books and illustrators who have influenced Beth Krommes. And Lois Lowry seems to me like a warrior out of Homer. She's seen it all, and sits by the fire, flames flickering in her face, telling the tales...
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