Whitney Diana - You Don't Have To Be Everything Poems For Girls Becoming Themselves - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Poems to Turn to Again and Again from Amanda Gorman Sharon Olds Kate Baer and More Created and compiled just for young women You Don t Have to Be Everything is filled with works by a wide range of poets who are honest unafraid and skilled at addressing the complex feelings of coming - of - age from loneliness to joy longing to solace attitude to humor. These unintimidating poems offer girls a message of self - acceptance and strength giving them permission to let go of shame and perfectionism. The cast of 68 poets is extraordinary: Amanda Gorman the first National Youth Poet Laureate who read at Joe Biden's inauguration; bestselling authors like Maya Angelou Elizabeth Acevedo Sharon Olds Naomi Shihab Nye and Mary Oliver; Instagram - famous poets including Kate Baer Melody Lee and Andrea Gibson; poets who are Lgbtq poets of diverse racial and cultural backgrounds poets who sing of human experience in ways that are free from conventional ideas of femininity. Illustrated in full color with work by three diverse artists this book is an inspired gift for daughters and granddaughters and anyone on the path to becoming themselves. No matter how old you are it helps to be young when you're coming to life to be unfinished a mysterious statement a journey from star to star. Joy Ladin excerpt from " Survival Guide"
Title: You Don't Have To Be Everything Poems For Girls Becoming Themselves
Author(s): Whitney Diana
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Barcode: 9781523510993
Pages: 176 Pages, Full-Color Illustrations Throughout
Publication Date: 3/30/2021
Category: Children’S & Teenage Poetry, Anthologies, Annuals