tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post7568266720217318056..comments2024-03-29T09:21:43.016-04:00Comments on Today's Little Ditty: Spotlight on Jeannine Atkins + DMC ChallengeMichelle Heidenrich Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02051827857519159837noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-53150759214655141242017-04-28T01:41:42.596-04:002017-04-28T01:41:42.596-04:00I am so glad that I stopped back to read about Jea...I am so glad that I stopped back to read about Jeannine and her fascinating book. This post was filled with wonder and gives me much food for thought, Michelle. Thanks Jeannine for giving me a taste of Stone Mirrors.Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-23679208053936678872017-02-08T07:21:44.012-05:002017-02-08T07:21:44.012-05:00I loved the interview and the snippets you shared ...I loved the interview and the snippets you shared of Jeannine Atkins' wonderful writing. I'm definitely adding Stone Mirrors to my to-buy list! Thanks so much for another interesting and engaging post!Molly Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16975100905434379155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-72310703850460907242017-02-06T19:49:32.168-05:002017-02-06T19:49:32.168-05:00Thanks Michelle for this beautifully rich blog rev...Thanks Michelle for this beautifully rich blog review of Jeannine Atkins! Thanks Jeannine for giving us a glimpse into your writing. Marilyn Nelson is a favorite of mine too! The book on Edmonia Lewis looks enchanting!michelle koganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16409095111952431780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-70593400147649449212017-02-06T15:45:52.017-05:002017-02-06T15:45:52.017-05:00Jeannine is a gem and her body of work the treasur...Jeannine is a gem and her body of work the treasure. Another fabulous Spotlight interview and challenge, Michelle. =)Bridget Mageehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185985167366724404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-81441970601333051412017-02-06T14:33:49.436-05:002017-02-06T14:33:49.436-05:00So much emotion and imagery packed into that poem!...So much emotion and imagery packed into that poem! Thanks so much for this, Michelle. I'm so grateful to have met Jeannine a couple years ago through SCBWI, and am looking forward to taking two of her workshops at our upcoming conference in April. The book sounds fantastic!Matt Forrest Esenwinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04230063389130167424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-50559570990150769732017-02-05T15:58:49.789-05:002017-02-05T15:58:49.789-05:00Thank you for the compliment, Penny. From a career...Thank you for the compliment, Penny. From a career standpoint, I probably spend more time on these spotlights than I should. But relevancy is so important to me, as well!Michelle Heidenrich Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02051827857519159837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-71490923405371191622017-02-05T15:47:48.168-05:002017-02-05T15:47:48.168-05:00I've only read one novel in verse (which I lov...I've only read one novel in verse (which I loved) and wasn't sure which one to try next. Thanks, Michelle, for introducing a new-to-me author. Can't wait to read Stone Mirrors, Jeannine. Rebekah Hoeftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-71505118401718058502017-02-05T15:47:36.178-05:002017-02-05T15:47:36.178-05:00Thanks for mentioning LITTLE WOMAN IN BLUE, Robyn....Thanks for mentioning LITTLE WOMAN IN BLUE, Robyn. I left it out because it wasn't a verse novel, but yes, it's a treasure as well!Michelle Heidenrich Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02051827857519159837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-55110013231977416782017-02-05T10:35:22.843-05:002017-02-05T10:35:22.843-05:00I really have to read this book. I'm cooking a...I really have to read this book. I'm cooking an idea for a poetry month verse novel biography first draft of a little known woman...Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-85319556174215168902017-02-05T10:22:28.451-05:002017-02-05T10:22:28.451-05:00I've only read a few novels in verse and I abs...I've only read a few novels in verse and I absolutley loved them. And I'm impressed and intrigued by them because I wonder about the writer's process and how they come up with the perfect line breaks that make the writing so powerful.<br />Thanks for this wonderful interview with Jeannine. Michelle, you have such a talent for bringing us relevant information in your interviews.<br />I loved hearing about her process and learning more about Stone Mirrors.Penny Parker Klostermannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15043861965501388155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-25433937933016317362017-02-05T08:23:26.604-05:002017-02-05T08:23:26.604-05:00Oberlin is a great college and should be very prou...Oberlin is a great college and should be very proud of its history groundbreaking for its inclusion. The college made some mistakes, bound to happen when something is so new. What they did is extraordinary. What I have a hard time with is colleges more than 150 years that don't seem to learn from past mistakes. Jeannine Atkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12886966069866356470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-85427105279348927942017-02-04T18:35:05.482-05:002017-02-04T18:35:05.482-05:00The fifteen years of work shows in Jeannine's ...The fifteen years of work shows in Jeannine's work, Stone Mirrors. I was enthralled not only by the story, but by the imagery and wisdom of the words in verse. I also had the opportunity to briefly meet Jeannine at NCTE. Happy to see her here for TLD. I will be passing this challenge on to my students. Margaret Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04434866104385187658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-47916103118245997492017-02-04T13:06:47.049-05:002017-02-04T13:06:47.049-05:00Thanks everyone for the lovely comments. For those...Thanks everyone for the lovely comments. For those of you worried about taking on personification -- I know you can do it! Maybe start with a character in motion and think of her main feeling. Then let her or him speak to Joy, Anxiety, Peaceful Nature, Curiosity, Grief, etc to set a dialog back and forth. Or here's a prompt: Happiness, where are you? -- let Happiness answer! Jeannine Atkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12886966069866356470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-36511428873396234302017-02-04T10:33:35.051-05:002017-02-04T10:33:35.051-05:00What a great review and interview. Jeannine is an ...What a great review and interview. Jeannine is an inspiration to all of us women listening and feeling too silent in this world. What a wonderful photo of that statue by Lewis in the Smithsonian. Imagine being so talented your statue is in the Smithsonian, but almost no traces of your life are left. What a great first poem, too, with beauty, tension, suspense, cliffhanger. It's a how-to on how to start a novel-in-verse. I don't know about this challenge.... I will have to think and think and think some more. Glad you are back and every-expanding the ditty role, Michelle.Brenda at FriendlyFairyTaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13368709489341876324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-27637004991290968662017-02-04T01:29:55.124-05:002017-02-04T01:29:55.124-05:00I'm honored to call Jeannine a friend, and to ...I'm honored to call Jeannine a friend, and to call myself a fan! [Jeannine, your Muse must not ever take vacation time... what a body of work, and exciting things to come.] <br />Thanks, Michelle, for all these sneak peeks into STONE MIRRORS. Have to give a shout-out to Jeannine's novel about artist May Alcott (Louisa's sister)- LITTLE WOMAN IN BLUE. You'd love it, too, if you haven't yet read it!Robyn Hood Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07279289715664168026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-30136937828915928522017-02-03T23:21:48.478-05:002017-02-03T23:21:48.478-05:00I'm so excited to win Here We Go. Thanks so mu...I'm so excited to win Here We Go. Thanks so much to you and Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong. Fascinating interview. This is a tough challenge. I'm going to try, but right now I don't have a single clue.Rosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294774973863802821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-1776782632354162632017-02-03T20:36:46.302-05:002017-02-03T20:36:46.302-05:00I've been wanting to learn more about Edmonia ...I've been wanting to learn more about Edmonia Lewis and this will be the perfect book! Loved the interview...thank you both!Teresa Robesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03848939225552527941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-1823089089820119722017-02-03T17:36:10.752-05:002017-02-03T17:36:10.752-05:00An invigorating short-course today with Prof. Jean...An invigorating short-course today with Prof. Jeanne A. & Prof. Michelle. <br />Thank you both.<br />I intend to return to follow links + look for/order VIEWS FROM A WINDOW SEAT & learn more. <br />Her research & the results you've shared sound like my cuppa. I feel ignorant not to know her until this article & grateful to come in from the dark. <br />With her hours of dwelling among tedious history tomes, she is still able to shed the dregs to provide lines that tingle. Here is only one of several that grab me: <br /><br />"The school is a shop where she can't buy,<br />a supper she's never meant to taste,"<br />c. Jeannine Atkins/ "Forbidden"/ STONE MIRROR<br /><br />Thank you for so eloquently wrapping verse novels into TLD, which you know I call Today's Little Delight. I would love to take a workshop with Jeannine Atkins some day.<br /><br />Appreciations for allowing me the honor of taking a workshop-thru-workbook with Sylvia Vardell & Janet Wong in the form of the TLD gift of HERE WE GO, the poetry power book for kiddos & their adults :) <br />Today's blog & this gift news are a super weekend sendoff! <br />Many more thanks to all involved.jan godown anninohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00091996699597066230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-49415946634012942202017-02-03T16:38:26.338-05:002017-02-03T16:38:26.338-05:0015 years-- yes, it does sound like persistence is ...15 years-- yes, it does sound like persistence is key!<br /><br />Cool challenge :-)Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-17633343999746679382017-02-03T16:29:02.716-05:002017-02-03T16:29:02.716-05:00So interesting to learn about Edmonia Lewis (my da...So interesting to learn about Edmonia Lewis (my daughter went to Oberlin, which prides itself on inclusion and progressive values. Guess every institution has skeletons in its closet...but at least Oberlin named a center for women/transgender people after Edmonia.) Thanks for the wonderful interview and thoughtful challenge. Looking forward to reading this book!Buffy Silvermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223895917772531703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-4928821348727799362017-02-03T15:11:30.346-05:002017-02-03T15:11:30.346-05:00"It helps to be stubborn" - what a great..."It helps to be stubborn" - what a great quote, and a great reminder to never give up on something you know to be true and worth fighting for. I'm so glad that Jeannine was willing to keep fighting to bring this story to life, because these are the sort of stories that children need to explore and experience. Jane @ www.raincitylibrarian.cahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12721142460522914540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-45211363727906234952017-02-03T15:10:32.109-05:002017-02-03T15:10:32.109-05:00What a find you've shared with us, in both Jea...What a find you've shared with us, in both Jeannine and Edmonia Lewis! I was not familiar with either. Thanks for your perspectives Jeannine and what a great challenge you've offered us. Damon Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07782134281754572820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-81530047845727550762017-02-03T13:06:09.790-05:002017-02-03T13:06:09.790-05:00I'm so glad you're including verse novels,...I'm so glad you're including verse novels, Michelle! I've started writing one myself! I adore Jeannine and have read most of her books but not this one. I will order it! Thanks for this fabulous post- a chance to get to know a little bit more about Jeannine and glimpse her process!BJ Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810656260650783785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-52043787503539306752017-02-03T13:00:06.078-05:002017-02-03T13:00:06.078-05:00Thank you for sharing both the review of Stone Mir...Thank you for sharing both the review of Stone Mirrors and the interview with Jeannine. I loved her first book and now have some catching up to do with the next two. I love that she is shining a light on such inspirational women.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210045352610490115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740307479750463845.post-70492089121947179722017-02-03T12:53:20.778-05:002017-02-03T12:53:20.778-05:00Wow. What a wonderful interview, and a fascinating...Wow. What a wonderful interview, and a fascinating book, and a totally intriguing prompt! I will be mulling this one over for a while, I think. Thank you, Jeannine and thank you, Michelle. Liz Steinglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14614059299412727544noreply@blogger.com