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When Times Are Worse, Turn to Verse! Poetry during a Pandemic

Author(s) -

Sylvia Vardell,

Janet Yuen Ha Wong

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

children and libraries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2374-7641

pISSN - 1542-9806

DOI - 10.5860/cal.19.1.27

Subject(s) - poetry , reading (process) , covid-19 , permission , grasp , visual arts , history , internet privacy , media studies , literature , advertising , art , computer science , sociology , political science , law , business , medicine , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , programming language

The lockdown last spring shut down everything—our daily routines, our travel plans, in-person conferences, and—for many people—even our usual reading habits. It was difficult to concentrate. We were all hungry for news and guidance, yet we could hardly grasp it. Authors and illustrators began reading their books out loud and sharing those recordings online; publishers widened their permission rules to allow this sharing of content and images.

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