You Don’t Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves, edited by Diana Whitney, Workman Publishing, 176 pages. $14.95 Credit: Courtesy For Brattleboro poet Diana Whitney, the poetry ...

When Vermont-based poet and editor Diana Whitney envisioned a poetry anthology for girls and young people, she wanted to gather the voices she longed for when she was a teenager. “Strong voices, ...

It's a word that can seem so simple, yet these five letters describe something that can be extremely difficult. To adolescent girls, the word “crush” normally describes their feelings for a boy. To ...

'You Don’t Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves' As I’ve sought out more diverse and multicultural literature, I’ve discovered a new appreciation for poetry. Free from the ...

Poems by a Little Girl, the work of Hilda Conkling, aged nine, are to be taken seriously, with no apology for the youth of the author. Hilda is as truly a poet as she is the daughter of a true poet, ...

To empower the girl-child to discover her potential through poetry, an ex-Corps member, Taiwo Thompson, asked pupils in his place of primary assignment, the Federal Government Girls’ College, Abaji, ...