Posts by Nancy Bo Flood
Wong and Vardell on Poetry
Today, in celebration of National Poetry Month, I’d like to share this video from Janet Wong and Sylvia Vardell, talking about the book Good Luck Gold & more by Janet and sharing a poem from Jen Bryant, “Laugh,” in Pomelo Books’ Things We Do.
Read MoreApril Halprin Wayland
My friend, poet and teacher April Halprin Wayland, shares one of her poems with us, “Exercising My Voice.”
Read MoreJoy Harjo
A poem by Joy Harjo, poet, activist, educator, 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States, Mvskoke [Creek] Nation
Read MoreJFK and Poetry
May I share a quote from John F. Kennedy that I keep above my desk?
Read MoreWater is Magic
Let us continue Celebrating Water.
Read MoreWater’s Children
Water: a book, a poem, a brief essay … a continuation of the celebration of water.
Read MoreWalking for Water
Water is precious. Water is life. Water is unfair, but this doesn’t have to be.
Read MoreMental Health: The Giver
Lois Lowry: “I think it’s something that literature does, that writing does, that speaking about things does. It keeps our hearts from breaking.”
Read MoreMental Health: Reading Paulsen’s Autobiography
A few weeks ago, someone was asking about books that touched upon—or included—domestic abuse/ family violence. Paulsen’s book is an autobiography.
Read MoreWriting the Story of Mental Illness for Young Readers
I have been pulled toward the subject of suicide since I was a teen despite its stigma, and worked on my first suicide hotline when I was eighteen. That’s because as an adolescent I struggled not only with depression but with some periods of suicidality, and I understand the dangerous power and seduction of it when one is suffering mental despair.
Read MoreS.D. Nelson
S.D. Nelson, Standing Rock Sioux, author and artist, meticulous researcher, passionate about the history of his people, his ancestors, his homeland, Indian and white, has written the epic story of Crazy Horse and Custer.
Read MoreSingularity (after Stephen Hawking)
Being process not a thing, not matter more thoughts and this poem Singularity by Marie Howe (after Stephen Hawking) Do you sometimes want to wake up to the singularity We once were? So…
Read MoreChinle Planting Hope
Imagine this. During the pandemic your schools have been closed for over a year. The nearest public library is over 70 miles away. There are no bookstores.
Read MoreTwo special books
My holiday gift to all, two special books, quickly read but words and images that will stay with you and rekindle hope and gratitude.
Read MoreLaughter, Sacred and Healing
During this season of giving, I wish to give thanks and to honor Rose Tahe, friend and co-author of First Laugh, Welcome Baby.
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