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Bringing together interviews with some of the most highly esteemed verse novelists writing for young adults and children today, DiVERSE develops an understanding of the poetics of the verse novel genre. With poignant conversations with 28 verse novelists illuminating how writers combine elements of poetry and narrative to craft poetic stories, this collection provides the means to appreciate the verse novel's diversity in its many variations and attests to recent shifts in the genre towards inclusive storytelling.Getting into the nuts and bolts of process, inspiration, technique, and the verse novel as a form, the writers discuss themes in their best-loved works such as representation of diverse voices, identities and lived experiences; empowering stories of girls and women; stories of LGBTIQ+, Black, First Nations, People of Colour, Asian, Minoritised Ethnic and people self-identifying as having a disability; body-positive messaging and resilience; and characters between countries, cultures, identities and languages. A reference text and a writing resource, the book also includes lists of must-read verse novels and a broad introduction from editor Linda Weste. Featuring authors from the UK, Australia and the US, the writers interviewed include: * Margarita Engle * Kirli Saunders * Carole Boston Weatherford * Rajani LaRocca * Safia Elhillo * Jasmine Warga * Melanie Crowder * Aida Salazar * Cordelia Jensen * Thanhhà Lai * Dean Atta * Lucy Cuthew * Rukhsanna Guidroz * Mariko Nagai * Ishle Yi Park * Jion Sheibani * Jasminne Mendez * Ann E. Burg * Marilyn Hilton * Reem Faruqi * Sarah Tregay * Holly Thompson * Chris Baron * Stephanie Hemphill * Chun Yu * Leza Lowitz * Helen Frost

Table of Contents:
Editor's Bio Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Margarita Engle: Your Heart, My Sky (2021) Rima's Rebellion (2022) Kirli Saunders: Bindi (2020) Carole Boston Weatherford: Becoming Billie Holiday (2008) Beauty Mark (2020) Rajani LaRocca: Red, White, and Whole (2021) Safia Elhillo: Home Is Not a Country (2021) Jasmine Warga: Other Words for Home (2019) Melanie Crowder: Audacity (2015) Aida Salazar: The Moon Within (2019) Land of the Cranes (2020) A Seed in the Sun (2022) Cordelia Jensen: Skyscraping (2015) The Way the Light Bends (2018) Thanhhà Lai: Inside Out and Back Again (2011) When Clouds Touch Us (2022) Dean Atta: The Black Flamingo (2019) Only on the Weekends (2022) Lucy Cuthew: Blood Moon (2020) Rukhsanna Guidroz: Samira Surfs (2021) Mariko Nagai:Dust of Eden (2014) Under the Broken Sky (2019) The Sword of Yesterday (2025) Ishle Yi Park: Angel and Hannah (2021) Jion Sheibani: The Silver Chair (2022) Kaija Langley: The Order of Things (2023) Ann E. Burg: All the Broken Pieces (2009) Serafina's Promise (2013) Unbound (2016) Marilyn Hilton: Full Cicada Moon (2015) Reem Faruqi: Unsettled (2021) Golden Girl (2022) Call Me Adnan (2023) Sarah Tregay: Love and Leftovers (2012) Jasminne Mendez: Aniana Del Mar Jumps In (2023) Holly Thompson: Orchards (2011) The Language Inside (2013) Falling into the Dragon's Mouth (2016) Chris Baron: All of Me (2019) The Magical Imperfect (2021) Spark (2025) Stephanie Hemphill: Your Own, Sylvia (2007) Language of Fire: Joan of Arc Reimagined (2019) Chun Yu: Little Green: Growing up during the Chinese Cultural Revolution (2005) Leza Lowitz: Up from the Sea (2016) Helen Frost: Keesha's House (2003) The Braid (2006) Diamond Willow (2008) Crossing Stones (2009) All He Knew (2020) Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Linda Weste is a writer, researcher, teacher and editor based at the University of Melbourne, Australia, where she teaches poetry and poetics and completed her PhD in creative writing. Her verse novel Nothing Sacred (2015) won the Wesley Michael Wright Prize and was shortlisted for the Anne Elder Prize. She is editor of The Verse Novel: Australia & New Zealand (2021) and Inside the Verse Novel: Writers on Writing (2020). Previously, she was an editor of TEXT Journal of Writing and Writing Programs.

Review :
Expertly compiled, with a strong focus on diversity and inclusive storytelling, editor Linda Weste skilfully uplifts the voices of 28 verse novelists writing for children and young adults to reveal the power of their narratives. As the poet-novelists tell their stories, the reader is granted beguiling insights into this fascinating format that blurs the boundary between poetry and prose.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781350455283
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Conversations with Ya and Children's Verse Novelists
  • ISBN-10: 1350455288
  • Publisher Date: 12 Dec 2024
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 200


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