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memory is short
and the years are long
rereading books

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How far back would you go identifying speculative poetry published before the SFPA was founded in 1978? All the way to Gilgamesh? tto some of these palms deserve  to be recognized with awards? I know the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America is doing this with fiction.

New books by Jane Yolen

New books this fall:
CENTAUR RISING middle grade fantasy set in 1960s (Holt)
A PLAGUE OF UNICORNS middle grade fantasy set in medieval times (Zonderikidz)
THE LAST CHANGELING, Book 2, THE SEELIE WARS (Viking)
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC’S BOOK OF ANIMAL STORIES (Nat. Geo)

For Poetry Lovers:
EKATERINOSLAV: A Memoir in Verse (HolyCow! Press) adults
THINGS TO SAY TO A DEAD MAN (HolyCow! Press) adults
THE LAST SELCHIE CHILD (Midsummer Nights Press) teens/adults
SISTER FOX’S FIELD GUIDE TO WRITING (Unsettling Wonder) adults/teens
THE BLOODY TIDE (HolyCow! Press) adults (political poetry)
THE EMILY SONNETS (Creative Editions) for ages 8 and up)
GRUMBLES FROM THE FOREST for ages 8 and up (Boyds Mills)
LAST LAUGHS: ANIMAL EPITAPHS (Charlesbridge) ages 7 and up
BUG OFF (Boyds Mills Press) ages 5 and up
WEE RHYMES (Simon & Schuster) infants and toddlers
HERE’S A LITTLE POEM (Candlewick) ages 3 and up
THIS LITTLE PIGGIE (Candlewick) ages 3 and up
SWITCHING ON THE MOON (Candlewick) ages 3 and up
TAKE TWO