
Portraits of American Poetry
This past May, the world celebrated the 200th birthday of Walt Whitman. He remains one of the great American poets, a brilliant figure in the American imagination that he came, …

Race and Identity Picture Book Syllabus
As part of our coverage of the Kellogg Teacher Summer Institute, guest Rachel Caldwell shared her list of picture books about race and identity. Caldwell teaches fourth grade at Burnley-Moran …

WGR’s Summer Book List
Here’s the full list of book recommendations from our summer reading episode. If you pick one of them up, let us know what you think!

Memoir & Motherhood
How women writers are tackling America’s most controversial subject in their own lives.

Reading List: Kiki Petrosino
“[It’s overwhelming] to be brought into people’s most intimate moments — their deaths — without knowing them, without any practical means to help.”