Sitemap - 2020 - Savvy Verse & Wit Substack

Music for the Dead and Resurrected by Valzhyna Mort

Guest Post: My Half-Century as a Writer by Verne R. Albright

Mailbox Monday #611

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Poetry Reading Challenge 2021

Mailbox Monday #610

Who's Your Daddy by Arisa White

Nerdlet: Animals by T J Resler

Mailbox Monday #609

COVID Chronicle #3

Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey (audio)

Elizabeth: Obstinate Headstrong Girl edited by Christina Boyd (audio)

The Haunted Library: The Ghost at the Fire Station by Dori Hillestad Butler, illustrated by Aurore Damant

Mailbox Monday #608

Guest Post: Annette Libeskind Berkovits Shares a Poem from her Collection, Erythra Thalassa

African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song edited by Kevin Young

Cold Moon: On Life, Love, and Responsibility by Roger Rosenblatt

Mailbox Monday #607

Happy Thanksgiving

Guest Post & Giveaway: Sue Barr Talks About Fitzwilliam Darcy Undone's Cover

Mailbox Monday #606

Book Spotlight: ...but that's not me.: Fitting the pieces together. The pieces of us all. by Erika Shalene Hull and Dr. Cheryl Lejewell Jackson

The Magic Doll: A Children's Book Inspired by African Art by Adrienne Yabouza, illustrated by Élodie Nouhen

The Little Dancer: A Children's Book Inspired by Edgar Degas by Géraldine Elschner, illustrated by Olivier Desvaux

Mailbox Monday #605

COVID Chronicle #2

Guest Post: Ben Teeter Shares His Poetic Inspiration for Falling Into All

Veteran's Day 2020

Interview with Mimi Matthews, author of Gentleman Jim

Mailbox Monday #604

America the Beautiful: A Story in Photographs

Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (audio)

Mailbox Monday #603

Publications

Chaos Theories by Elizabeth Hazen

Mailbox Monday #602

National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Science by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

The Great Upending by Beth Kephart

Frankie Sparks and the Talent Show Trick by Megan Frazer Blakemore

Mailbox Monday #601

5,000 Awesome Facts (About Everything!)

Whale Day by Billy Collins

Weird But True: Halloween 300 Spooky Facts to Scare You Silly by Julie Beer

Mailbox Monday #600

Rational Creatures edited by Christina Boyd

Cloud Hopper by Beth Kephart

Daughter of Black Lake by Cathy Marie Buchanan

Mailbox Monday #599

National Geographic Kids: Beginner's United States Atlas and United States Atlas

Guest Post: Do Writing Habits Change When Switching Genres? by Eric D. Goodman, author of The Color of Jadeite

You Need a Budget by Jesse Mecham (audio)

Mailbox Monday #598

The Engagement Gift by Lauren Blakely (audio)

Mailbox Monday #597

COVID Chronicle #1

Afterland by Mai Der Vang

The Haunted Library: The Secret Room by Dori Hillestad Butler, Illustrated by Aurore Damant

Mailbox Monday #596

Owl Diaries: Eva in the Spotlight by Rebecca Elliott

Mailbox Monday #595

How to Spot an Artist by Danielle Krysa

When Mary Met the Colonel by Victoria Kincaid (audio)

Guest Post & Giveaway: Linda Kass's Writing Space

Mailbox Monday #594

Giveaway & Interview with Elizabeth Grace, narrator of Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl edited by Christina Boyd

The Institute by Stephen King (audio)

Mailbox Monday #593

My Name Is Immigrant by Wang Ping

Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey

The Migrant States by Indran Amirthanayagam

Mailbox Monday #592

Pounce! a How to Speak Cat Training Guide

Fetch! A How to Speak Dog Training Guide

Diary of a Pug: Paws for a Cause by Kyla May

Mailbox Monday #591

The Haunted Library: The Five O'Clock Ghost by Dori Hillestad Butler, illustrated by Aurore Damant

Katt vs. Dogg by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Anuki Lpez

Groundhound Day Guest Post & Giveaway for Madness in Meryton by Jayne Bamber

Mailbox Monday #590

Opportunity for Authors: Books Forward Gives Away Free $20,000 Literary Publicity Campaign

Girls Like Us by Elizabeth Hazen

Guest Post & Giveaway: Writing in Times of COVID-19 and Social Protest by Valerie Fox and Lynn Levin

Mailbox Monday #589

The Cowherd's Son by Rajiv Mohabir

Guest Post & Giveaway: Victoria Kincaid Shares Her New Audiobook Release, When Mary Met the Colonel

Mailbox Monday #588

Tapping Out by Nandi Comer

Build a Castle: 64 Slot-Together Cards for Creative Fun by Paul Farrel

Suddenly Mrs. Darcy by Jenetta James

Mailbox Monday #587

Book Blogger Directory 2020 Edition

Guest Post: A Publishing Journey by Poet Aries, Author of Aches and Epiphanies

Spirit Riding Free: The Adventure Begins by Suzanne Selfors

Mailbox Monday #586

Happy Independence Day!

Frankie Sparks and the Class Pet by Megan Frazer Blakemore

Lantern Puzzle by Ye Chun

Resistance: A Songwriter's Story of Hope, Change, and Courage by Tori Amos (audio)

Mailbox Monday #585

Guest Post: How I Researched Anna’s Dance: A Balkan Odyssey by Michele Levy

Guest Post & Giveaway: In Plain Sight by Don Jacobson

Finna by Nate Marshall

Mailbox Monday #584

Guest Post & Giveaway: Rebellion at Longbourn by Victoria Kincaid

The Deep by Alma Katsu

Guest Post & Giveaway: The Austen Interviews – An Interview with Captain Frederick Wentworth by Jack Caldwell

Mailbox Monday #583

Guest Post: A Writing Space in a Plague by Sarah Relyea, author of Playground Zero

The Sting of It by A.J. Odasso

The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner (audio)

Mailbox Monday #582

Beautiful and Full of Monsters by Courtney LeBlanc

Educate Yourself: Black Lives Matter

Guest Post: Spend Some Time with Audiobook Narrator Thérèse Plummer

Mailbox Monday #581

The Outsider by Stephen King (audio)

The Haunted Library: The Ghost Backstage by Dori Hillestad Butler

Guest Post: Novels Are Where Ideas Are Born by Vali Benson

Mailbox Monday #580

Good Bones by Maggie Smith

2020 Gaithersburg Book Festival Poetry Contest Winners!

COVID-19 Choices: Virtual Events

Mailbox Monday #579

Magnolia Table, Volume 2: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering by Joanna Gaines

Turn It Up! A Pitch Perfect History of Music That Rocked the World

Guest Post: Blue People or Hoax by Isla Morely, author of The Last Blue

Mailbox Monday #578

Excerpt & Giveaway: Outmatched by Jayne Bamber

Nancy Clancy Super Sleuth by Jane O'Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser

The Haunted Library: The Ghost in the Attic by Dori Hillestad Butler

Alone with the Stars by David Gillham (audio)

Mailbox Monday #577

Guest Post: Writing Space of Mari Coates, author of The Pelton Papers

Said Through Glass by Jona Colson

Poem: Our Future Will Become the Past of Other Women by Eavan Boland

Other Voices Other Lives by Grace Cavalieri

Mailbox Monday #576

Poem Generator Fun: Limerick

Book Spine Poetry

Erasure Poetry

Poem: won't you celebrate with me by Lucille Clifton

I Shimmer Sometimes, Too by Porsha Olayiwola

Mailbox Monday #575

Poem Generator Fun: Haiku

Poem: Hope is the thing with feathers (254) by Emily Dickinson

Visual Poetry

The Floating Door by M. E. Silverman

Poem Activity: Cento Poem

Mailbox Monday #574

Poem Generator Fun: Love Poems

Poem: Words for Departure by Louise Bogan

Drift by Alan King (audio)

Gaithersburg Book Festival Finalists 2020 & Fan Favorite Voting Now Open

Creative Prompt: Resilience & Poetry

Visuals & Poems

Poem Generator Fun: Concrete Poems

Poem: The moon rose over the bay. I had a lot of feelings. by Donika Kelly

Poetry: Beyond the Book

National Poetry Month: Postcards from the Pandemic

Nancy Drew Clue Book: Pool Party Puzzler by Carolyn Keene, illustrated by Peter Francis

Mailbox Monday #573

National Poetry Month 2020

Seed by Ania Ahlborn (audio)

Excerpt from Mr. Darcy's Clan by Lari Ann O'Dell & Giveaway

Being Mrs Darcy by Lucy Marin

Mailbox Monday #572

Deleted Scene from When Duty Calls by Belén Paccagnella & Giveaway

Mailbox Monday #571

The Haunted Library by Dori Hillestad Butler, illustrated by Aurore Damant

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (audio)

We Are Displaced by Malala Yousafzai

Mailbox Monday #570

Happy Birthday

Giveaway & Interview with Sue Barr, Author of Georgiana

Mailbox Monday #569

This Is Not a Sky by Jessica Piazza

Isadora Moon Goes Camping by Harriet Muncaster

Mailbox Monday #568

Olivia Otter Builds Her Raft by Dara Kass and Jessica Piazza, illustrated by Abe Tensia

Due Today: D.C., Va., Md. High School Poems for Gaithersburg Book Festival Annual Poetry Contest

Wild Blues by Beth Kephart, illustrations by William Sulit

Mailbox Monday #567

Scattered Clouds by Reuben Jackson

Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business by Barbara Park, illustrated by Denise Brunkus

The Joy Delivered Duet by Lauren Blakely (audio)

Mailbox Monday #566

Two More Days at Netherfield by Heather Moll

Guest Post, Excerpt & Giveaway: Mr. Darcy's Perfect Match by Kelly Miller

Mailbox Monday #565

Horseshoes and Hand Grenades by S.M. Stevens

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus by Barbara Park, illustrated by Denise Brunkus

Mailbox Monday #564

Darcy vs. Bennet by Victoria Kincaid (audio)

We Love Babies! by Jill Esbaum

Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky Peeky Spying by Barbara Park and illustrated by Denise Brunkus

Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday

Mailbox Monday #563

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

Diary of a Pug: Pug’s Snow Day by Kyla May

Mailbox Monday #562

Owl Diaries: Eva's Campfire Adventure by Rebecca Elliott

Guest Post & Giveaway: Thaw by Anniina Sjöblom

Yuletide edited by Christina Boyd

Mailbox Monday #561

Best Books of 2019

The Princess in Black and the Science Fair Scare by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale, Illustrated by LeUyen Pham

Happy New Year!