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Talking with Meg Eden about GOOD DIFFERENT
Today, I'm sharing my interview with debut verse novelist Meg Eden. Her middle grade novel, GOOD DIFFERENT, is out from Scholastic in April. The interview is up at the Diverse Verse blog.
A Poem Grows Inside You
"It became clear to me very quickly when I started expanding on the 'waiting for the right resources' parallel between poems and seeds that spring brought many of the things a seed needs to move from dormancy into active growth. "