For the Love of Stephanie by Vivian Vande Velde read with permission from the author by the Juneau Library Podsquad: Elias, Helen, Adrienne , and Robert.

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To celebrate National Poetry month, today’s podcast features five masters of the short form reading their work.  If you’ve listened to the podcast and still have a craving for more verse, check out The Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry, a subsciption database devoted to poetry that contains over 50,000 full-text poems, 1000 commentaries, 500+ poet biographies, audio features and more.  Accessing this resources outside of the library will require using your Juneau Public Library card barcode #. Check out this week’s In The Stacks column which features a review of 4 new library collections.

The Playlist:

“Self-Help for Fellow Refugees” by Li-Young Lee from Behind My Eyes.
“Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver from At Blackwater Pond.
“Another Spring” by Kenneth Rexroth from The Spoken Arts Treasury Vol. II.
“Gasoline” by Margaret Atwood from The Door.
Introduction by Mark Eleveld, editor of The Spoken Word Revolution.
“Pull down the Mountain” by Marc Smith from The Spoken Word Revolution: slam, hip hop & poetry of a new generation.

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A quick run through of events at the Juneau Public Libraries this month.  For the most updated events information check the library website.  One big event that missed the podcast is the annual student bookmark contest.  Read about it and download an entry form, or visit any library for entry forms and information.  This year’s theme is “The Fine Art of Reading”.

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