Have you ever considered writing or reviewing for the library community? Are you interested in publishing a book on your favorite author or hobby? Do you need to write and publish for tenure? If so, "Writing and Publishing" is for you. Practical how-to guidance covering fiction, poetry, children's books/magazines, self-publishing, literary agents,…

Identifies true relationships between the psyche and the lyric, epic, and dramatic voices of poetry. Shows how the acts of identifying, responding to, and composing in these three voices engage healing, inspiration, and active imagination among the aging. (SR)

This book is based on the belief that deep subject knowledge of language and literature provides a foundation for effective teaching and learning. It provides a guide to the range of genres and characteristic features of English language fiction written for children. It is designed to help readers to develop their understanding of literature…

Freudian and Jungian theories are considered in terms of poetry, and suggestions are made for teaching the basics of poetry to adults for creative development. Focusing and free association activities are discussed. (CL)

Focuses on a multidisciplinary metatheory relevant for the poetry therapist that speaks to holographic reasoning and metaphorical poetic language. Shows how metaphorical poetic language supports both the therapist and the client. Concludes that the poetry therapist will benefit from this theoretical framework that encourages communications across…

Provides a framework and suggests tools to assist the grieving for loss of dreams. Discusses distinguishing which losses are loss of dreams, grieving the loss of dreams, putting shattered dreams in perspective, and having new dreams. (SR)

Discusses approaches to selecting poetry for the campus literary magazine. Argues that the selection process should be based to the publication's editorial philosophy (inclusive or exclusive) and should be followed consistently. (SR)

Comprehensive, easy to use, and overflowing with fresh ideas, "Preschool Favorites" has everything needed to create storytimes: just add the kids! Each of the 35 fun themes includes a wealth of book suggestions, fingerplays (the "glue" that holds storytime together!), short poems, flannelboard stories (complete with patterns), music suggestions…

Uses poems composed by clients to discuss the use of poetry therapy in counseling young people as they explore issues relating to sexual identity. (SR)

Reviews poetry anthologies published in the 1980s for both secondary and elementary levels. Focuses on how anthologies are structured and which poets are included. (MM)

Describes the use of poetry writing in work with delinquent female adolescents as a therapeutic method allowing deep rooted feelings and experiences to be expressed, and advancing group cohesion and universality. (SR)

Discusses the dilemmas of evaluating and assessing students' poetry. (SR)

Describes the use of the collaborative poem in poetry therapy groups with low functioning patients in a psychiatric unit. Shows the collaborative poem to be an effective technique in fostering group cohesion and instilling contact with reality. (SR)

Suggests three ideas for writing poetry: photographic portrait poems (writer looks at a photograph and describes it); fashion statements (writer picks out a style of dress and writes about what it suggests); and advice poems (writer gives advice to himself/herself in the form of a poem). (PA)

Written to take the reader on a passionate, intuitive journey into the "deliciously bewitching" world of poetry, this book centers around a group of poems the author calls her "talismans," objects that give her a special hold on life. Arguing that such poems can illumine the paths of existence itself, the author invites readers…