the sun and her flowers
Kaur follows love and loss through wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming in short illustrated poems.
2,364-word summary · 11 min read
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Slammed
Grieving Layken falls for neighbor Will, then learns he is her teacher, and poems carry them.
2,793-word summary · 12 min read
The Iliad
Achilles quits the fight over Briseis, Patroclus falls to Hector, and Troy burns toward its fate in Homer's war epic.
2,320-word summary · 10 min read
A Light in the Attic
Silverstein's attic poems and line drawings turn chores, monsters, and homework into jokes and small rebellions.
2,998-word summary · 13 min read
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Angelou recalls Stamps, St Louis and San Francisco, from childhood silence after trauma to voice through books and work.
2,607-word summary · 12 min read
milk and honey
Kaur's illustrated debut moves through hurting, loving, breaking, and healing in short lowercase poems.
2,006-word summary · 9 min read
The Odyssey
Homer's Odyssey in Fagles translation: Odysseus fights home past Cyclops, Circe, and Sirens while Telemachus seeks news and Penelope stalls suitors in Ithaca.…
2,504-word summary · 11 min read
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Sidewalk Ends retold: poems and drawings, Sarah Cynthia, unicorns, homework and giants.
1,952-word summary · 9 min read