Sitemap - 2021 - Savvy Verse & Wit Substack

One Word for 2022

Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci

Mailbox Monday #663

Excerpt & Giveaway: Kidnapped and Compromised: A Steamy Pride & Prejudice Variation by Demi Monde

Mailbox Monday #662

Holiday Gift Buying 2021

the moon won't be dared by Anne Leigh Parrish

Interview with Anne Leigh Parrish, author of the moon won't be dared

Mailbox Monday #661

Great Power, No Responsibility (Spider-Ham Original Graphic Novel) by Steve Foxe, illustrated by Shadia Amin

Excerpt & Giveaway: Mages and Mysteries by Victoria Kincaid

2022 Poetry Reading Challenge

Mailbox Monday #660

The Extraordinary Life of Serena Williams by Shelina Janmohamed, illustrated by Ashley Evans

Kaddish: Before the Holocaust and After by Jane Yolen

Guest Post/Excerpt: What Was it Like to Be a Governess? by Regina Jeffers, author of Pemberley's Christmas Governness (giveaway)

Mailbox Monday #659

Thanksgiving...

The Bennet Women by Eden Appiah-Kubi

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl

Mailbox Monday #658

Guest Post: Book Club Talk by Ann Marie Stewart, author of Out of the Water

What Mothers Withhold by Elizabeth Kropf

The Extraordinary Life of Anne Frank by Kate Scott, illustrated by Anke Rega

Mailbox Monday #657

The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen (audio)

A Mother's Tale and Other Stories by Khanh Ha (giveaway)

Interview with Dorothea Jensen, author of Liberty-Loving Lafayette: How ‘America’s Favorite Fighting Frenchman’ Helped Win Our Independence

Mailbox Monday #656

Inheritance of Aging Self by Lucinda Marshall

The Haunted Library: The Hide-and-Seek Ghost by Dori Hillestad Butler

Liberty-Loving Lafayette: How 'America's Favorite Fighting Frenchman' Helped Win Our Independence by Dorothea Jensen

Mailbox Monday #655

Guest Post & Giveaway: Why Lady Susan by Alice McVeigh, author of Susan: A Jane Austen Prequel

Poets v. the Pandemic: This Is What America Looks Like reading

Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly, illustrated by Laura Freeman

Mailbox Monday #654

Crooked Smiling Light by Alan W. King

Exquisite Bloody, Beating Heart by Courtney LeBlanc

Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War by Viet Thanh Nguyen (audio)

Mailbox Monday #653

Riffs & Improvisations by Gregory Luce

Blue Window/Ventana Azul by Indran Amirthanayagam, translated by Jennifer Rathbun

Guest Post & Giveaway: Helen Williams, author of In Essentials

Mailbox Monday #652

COVID Chronicle #6

Dialogues With Rising Tides by Kelli Russell Agodon

The Collectors by Alice Feagan

Change Sings: A Children's Anthem by Amanda Gorman, illustrated by Loren Long

Mailbox Monday #651

Guest Post: Why Self-Publishing Works for Me by Catherine Gentile

Guest Post: Poetess of the Upcoming Collection, “Scarlet Secrets: Poems,” Talks About How She Became a Writer, Her Process, and Her Second Full Length Collection by Christie Leigh Babirad

American Software by Henry Crawford

Mailbox Monday #650

Excerpt & Giveaway: Blinded by Prejudice by KaraLynne Mackrory

The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen (audio)

Guest Post: Poet Megan Denese Mealor, author of Blatherskite

Mailbox Monday #649

Billy Summers by Stephen King (audio)

Guest Post: Words and Music By... by Brett Marie

A story of THE WORLD before the FENCE by Leeya Mehta

Mailbox Monday #648

I Dream of Empathy by Marianne Szlyk

Interview with Stephen Ord, author of Pemberley by Moonlight

Gaithersburg Book Festival 2022

Mailbox Monday #647

Escape Velocity by Kristin Kowalski Ferragut and Giveaway

Incandescent Visions by Lee Hudspeth

The Book of Labyrinths and Mazes by Silke Vry, illustrated by Finn Dean

Mailbox Monday #646

Cover Reveal: Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner, author of The Jane Austen Society

The Understudy's Handbook by Steven Leyva

The Weather Pop-Up Book by Maike Biederstaedt

Mailbox Monday #645

Until the Right One Comes Along by Chris Haley

Later by Stephen King

Guest Post: Nancy Kilgore, author of Bitter Magic: The Otherworld in a Historical Novel

Mailbox Monday #644

Thursday Time Out: Podcasts

The Unexpected Past of Miss Jane Austen by Cass Grafton and Ada Bright

Day Away...

Mailbox Monday #643

Where the Wolf by Sally Rosen Kindred

The Haunted Library: The Ghost in the Tree House by Dori Hillestad Butler

The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen by Ada Bright and Cass Grafton

Mailbox Monday #642

Postcard Poems by Jeanne Griggs

My One Week Husband by Lauren Blakely (audio)

When I Bleed: Poems about Endometriosis by Maggie Bowyer

Excerpt & Giveaway: A Learned Romance by Elizabeth Rasche

Mailbox Monday #641

Where Do You Hang Your Hammock? by Bella Mahaya Carter

Guest Post from Brittany Benko, author of Poetic Poetry

Guest Post: Rha Arayal on Poetic Inspiration and Sample Poem from Encapsulated Emotions

Mailbox Monday #640

Exclusive Excerpt: John Eyre by Mimi Matthews

Interview: Francine Falk-Allen, author of No Spring Chicken

Guest Post: Forgotten Betrothal by L.M. Romano

The Wild Heart of Stevie Nicks by Rob Sheffield (audio)

Mailbox Monday #639

Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio with Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram

Little Kids First Big Book of Rocks, Minerals Shells

Guest Post: Sunflowers by Kirby Peterman

Spotlight: Palm Lines by Jonathan Koven

Mailbox Monday #638

Grateful American: A Journey from Self to Service by Gary Sinise and Marcus Brotherton (audio)

Interview with Daniel James Brown, author of Facing the Mountain

Mailbox Monday #637

Go Wild! Sea Turtles by Jill Esbaum

Go Wild! Pandas by Margie Markarian

Frank: Sonnets by Diane Seuss (giveaway)

Mailbox Monday #636

COVID Chronicle #5

Forward by Abby Wambach (audio)

Mailbox Monday #635

a more perfect Union by Teri Ellen Cross Davis

Becoming the Enchantress by Kristin Kowalski Ferragut, illustrated by Coley Dolmance Ferragut & Giveaway

Welcome to My Panic by Billie Joe Armstrong (audio)

Mailbox Monday #634

love, loss, and the enormity of it all by Kelly Catharine Bradley

Tidal Wave by Kofi Antwi

Interview with Mary Anne Mushatt, author of For the Deepest Love

On the House by John Boehner (audio)

Memorial Day -- Remember the Sacrifices for Freedom

Mailbox Monday #633

Made of Air by Naomi Thiers

Man on Terrace with Wine by Miles David Moore

Warbler by Jane Schapiro

Mailbox Monday #632

Interview with Poet Teri Ellen Cross Davis, Author of a more perfect Union

Made to Explode by Sandra Beasley

Woman Drinking Absinthe by Katherine E. Young

The Break-Up Book Club by Wendy Wax

Mailbox Monday #631

Now We're Getting Somewhere by Kim Addonizio

How To Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi (audio)

Little Wars by W. Luther Jett

Mailbox Monday #630

Advanced Lift-the-Flap: How Your Body Works by Rosie Dickins

Alone! by Barry Falls

Diary of a Pug: Pug's Got Talent by Kyla May

Mailbox Monday #629

Final Thoughts: National Poetry Month 2021

Interview with Karen Lyon, columnist at Hill Rag and founder of The Literary Hill BookFest

Thresholds and Other Poems by Matt Hohner

Literary Hill BookFest 2021

Mailbox Monday #628

Virtual Poetry Circle: Liz Brownlee

Acrostic

Interview: Caroline Bock, fiction editor of This Is What America Looks Like

Earth Day Poem: If the ocean had a mouth by Marie-Elizabeth Mali

The Poetry Channel with Indran Amirthanayagam

Everyone Disappears by W. Luther Jett

Mailbox Monday #627

Virtual Poetry Circle: Langston Hughes

Cinquain

En Route by Jesse Wolfe

Whirl Away Girl by Tricia Johnson

Why I Never Finished My Dissertation by Laura Foley

Mailbox Monday #626

Virtual Poetry Circle: Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Haiku

Imposter Syndrome

Field Study by Chet'la Sebree

In the Lateness of the World by Carolyn Forché

Mailbox Monday #625

Virtual Poetry Circle: Gwendolyn Brooks

Limericks

Emerge by Francesca Marais

National Poetry Month 2021

Frankie Sparks and the Lucky Charm by Megan Frazer Blakemore

Mailbox Monday #624

Reading: The Inner Loop and This Is What America Looks Like

Instant Gratification by Lauren Blakely (audio)

Guest Post & Giveaway: Kara Pleasants' The Unread Letter

Mailbox Monday #623

Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans

Guest Post: Jimy Dawn Shares a Poem from Sun and the Son

Reading: The Inner Loop Presents This Is What America Looks Like

Mailbox Monday #622

Book Spotlight: Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans

Guest Post & Giveaway: Interrupted Plans: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Brigid Huey

Guest Post: Thoughts on 'The Other Side of the Wire' by HW Coyle

Mailbox Monday #621

The Princess Spy by Larry Loftis

Excerpt, Interview, Giveaway: Came a Flight Gently by Leigh Dreyer, part of the Pride in Flight Series

Guest Post: Yiddish on the Bayou by Jennifer Anne Moses, Author of The Man Who Loved His Wife

Mailbox Monday #620

Review & Giveaway: The Lamps of History by Michael Sandler

White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo (audio)

Mailbox Monday #619

The Last Tree by Emily Haworth-Booth

The Other America - A Speech from The Radical King by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (audio)

Guest Post & Giveaway: Love at First Sight by Kelly Miller, author of A Consuming Love

Mailbox Monday #618

Suburban Souls by Maria Espinosa

Giveaway & Interview with Jona Colson, poetry editor of This Is What America Looks Like

Keep Moving by Maggie Smith

Mailbox Monday #617

Publication News 2021

By Broad Potomac Shore: Great Poems from the Early Days of Our Nation's Capital edited by Kim Roberts

Pink by Sylvie Baumgartel

Mailbox Monday #616

COVID Chronicle #4

Guest Post, Giveaway, & Excerpt from Jack Caldwell, author of Rosings Park: A Story of Jane Austen's Fighting Men

Mailbox Monday #615

Frankie Sparks and the Big Sled Challenge by Megan Frazer Blakemore

Mailbox Monday #614

Guest Post: A Memory Behind 'The Gospel' by H.L. Hix

Political AF: A Rage Collection by Tara Campbell

Out of No Way by Rojé Augustin

Mailbox Monday #613

Best Books of 2020

Raising King by Joseph Ross

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (audio)

Mailbox Monday #612

Happy New Year!