[Poetry] hath been the ... first nurse, whose milk by little and little enabled them to feed afterwards of tougher knowledges.—Sir Philip Sidney, “A Defence of Poetry” (1595) When at age 4 my daughter ...

Also: Nesbitt will be signing books from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the NorthTown Barnes and Noble, 4750 N. Division St. Info: (509) 482-4235. Kenn Nesbitt has a new collection of poetry out, but this ...

There are no more bedtime stories for my son. We’ve never done the traditional ‘read a book before bed’ thing. He’s always requested made-up stories involving whichever character caught his ...

Former Children’s Poet Laureate Nesbitt compiles a dizzyingly creative assortment of new bedtime-ready poems, each of which can be read in less than a minute. Calef Brown, Margarita Engle, J. Patrick ...

“Bedtime Stories: Poems” by Steve Langan; Littoral Books, Portland, Maine, 2024; 104 pages, paperback, $20. I have a feeling that many of the poems in Steve Langan’s new collection, “Bedtime Stories,” ...

I have many opportunities to interact with readers of poetry when I'm teaching or giving presentations, talks or readings. I often like to ask which poets people enjoy re-reading. Robert Frost is a ...