American poets continuum series #128

Read by Naomi Shihab Nye

- Naomi Shihab Nye is one of the most beloved and widely read poets in America. Her speaking engagements are booked by the Steven Barclay Agency and she appears at schools, festivals, and conferences in excess of 100 times per year. - In January 2010 Naomi Shihab Nye was elected to the Board of Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets. Along with this honor, Nye has received a Lannan Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Witter Bynner Fellowship (Library of Congress). She has received a Lavan Award from the Academy of American Poets, the Isabella Gardner Poetry Award, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, the Paterson Poetry Prize, four Pushcart Prizes, and numerous honors for her children's literature, including two Jane Addams Children's Book Awards. - Naomi Shihab Nye's previous three BOA titles - You & Yours, Fuel, and Red Suitcase - have sold a combined total of more than 25,000 copies. They all remain in print and continue to sell year-over-year

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