David L Harrison David L Harrison has lots of news: A Tree is a Community was chosen by Bank Street College as
one of the best picture books published in 2024. The other title from 2024, Wild Brunch, Poems About How Creatures Eat,
is one of 12 books up for the 2026 NC Junior Book Award. He recently spoke to students on the campus of Central Methodist
University and gave a poetry reading with Missouri's 5th Poet Laureate (he's the 7th). He signed books at Sundog Books in
Seaside, Florida and is planning a party at Springfield's main library to celebrate the end of his term on September 30.
He's invited the governor. His weekly poetry column just featured its 92nd column and his free video library of poets
reading their columns now features 52 readings. Here's the link to that.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5wGqp5vbw2K0N7cFcGwN5w
It has had more than 1,600 views. In addition, he just signed a new picture book in collaboration with Jane Yolen.
"The Interview," a short story by Veda Boyd Jones has been accepted for the anthology Proud to Be,
volume 14, due out on Veterans' Day. Her new e-book, The West End of Main, Book One in the Lost Creek series, is now available on Kindle.
Mary-Lane Kamberg has poems accepted by Thorny Locust and I-70 Review. She also has an essay accepted by Months to Years.
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