How the ‘Whole Novel’ Helped One Author Navigate the Muddy MiddleDecember 31, 2024 | Novels in VerseNadine Pinede’s debut YA novel in verse When the Mapou Sings was recently published by Candlewick Press. However, ...
3 Questions With Laura Shovan About Using Breaks and Blank Spaces in Your Verse Novel or PoetryMarch 21, 2024 | 3 Questions With, Novels in Verse, PoetryLaura Shovan joined Highlights Foundation Social Media Manager Cat Galeano on Instagram Live to talk about the ...By: Laura Shovan
Conveying and Understanding Emotions Through Powerful Poetry: A Verse Novel ExampleNovember 20, 2023 | Novels in Verse, PoetryIn THE LAND OF CRANES, one of Aida Salazar's award-winning and acclaimed novels in verse, nine year old Betita is ...By: Padma VenkatramanAida Salazar
Podcast: Chris Baron And Rajani LaRoccaJuly 7, 2023 | Novels in Verse, PodcastsWhat You'll Find In this Podcast Authors Rajani LaRocca and Chris Baron joined George Brown on our podcast to ...By: Rajani LaRoccaChris Baron
Podcast: Cordelia JensenJune 27, 2023 | Novels in Verse, PodcastsWhat You'll Find In this Podcast Cordelia Jensen joined George Brown on our podcast to talk more about the classes ...By: Cordelia Jensen
Novels in Verse Are My Language: 3 Verse Novelists Share Their Passion for the FormApril 20, 2023 | Novels in VerseWe're sharing some resources from 3 of our novels in verse faculty: Chris Baron, Rajani LaRocca and Cordelia ...By: Chris BaronRajani LaRoccaCordelia Jensen
A Celebration of Poetry with Padma Venkatraman and Margarita EngleApril 27, 2022 | Asian American Voices, HFGather, Latinx Voices, Novels in Verse, Podcasts, PoetryOur #HFGather celebration of poetry was a wonderful way to celebrate National Poetry Month! Padma and Margarita ...
Writing Novels in Verse: 5 Articles To Help You With Form, Structure, and StyleSeptember 23, 2021 | Novels in VerseThe verse novel is an incredibly powerful art form when done well, packing a punch with judicious word choices, ...
Imagining an Image System for Your Novel in VerseAugust 4, 2021 | Novels, Novels in Verse, Poetry“An image that is not repeated and/or loaded is mere incidental description. But in great writing, there is very ...By: Cordelia Jensen
Auditioning Poetry Devices for Your Verse Novel’s VoiceFebruary 2, 2021 | Novels in VerseWe'd like to thank Cordelia Jensen for this blog post! Writing Verse Novels=Uncovering, Experimenting and a Lot of ...By: Cordelia Jensen
Verse Novels: A String of Emotional MomentsMarch 10, 2020 | Asian American Voices, Novels in VerseWe'd like to thank Padma Venkatraman and Joy McCullough for this blog post, where they interview each other about ...By: Joy McCulloughPadma Venkatraman
Congratulations to Our Faculty 2020 ALA Youth Media Award Winners!January 28, 2020 | Black Voices, Community Good News, Jewish Voices, Latinx Voices, Native Creatives, Nonfiction, Novels, Novels in Verse, Picture BooksThis year, some of the Highlights Foundation Team were able to be there in person when the ALA Youth Media Awards ...