Join Newbury poet Syd Lea at the Baldwin Library on Sunday, Dec.3 at 2:00 pm to discuss Jacqueline Woodson's book "Brown Girl Dreaming". Written in free verse, Woodson's autobiography chronicles her life growing up in the 1960's as her family moved from the north to the south and then back again. The book is this year's VT READS selection by the VT Humanities Council. Quoting from her publisher, "Jacqueline Woodson is the 2014 National Book Award winner for her New York Times bestselling memoir Brown Girl Dreaming, which was also a recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award and the NAACP Image Award, and was named a Newbery Honor Book and a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book. Woodson was recently named the Young People’s Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation. She is the author of more than two dozen award-winning books for young adults, middle graders, and children. Among her many accolades, she is a four-time Newbery Honor winner, a three-time National Book Award finalist, and a two-time Coretta Scott King Award winner." Whew! This woman can write! So even if you think you don't enjoy books written in verse, give this one try. We have multiple copies to lend at the Baldwin, and the Tenney Library has some, as well. Our program will spend time considering the book, what Woodson has to say, and how she says it. We'll also look at this thing called "free verse". How do you do it? Are there rules of structure or composition? Is it just a free-for-all? What makes it work well? And finally, for anyone who wishes, we'll spend some time trying our hands at our own free verse autobiographical statement. Call the library at 802-757-2693 for more information.

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