Poet Amanda Gorman delivers a critically acclaimed performance at the Inauguration of President Joe Biden

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Christianity Today 2020 Book of the Year Award, Culture and the Arts

Writing is not easy. But it can get better.

In this primer on nonfiction writing, Andrew Le Peau offers insights he has learned as a published author and an editor for over forty years, training, guiding, and cheering on hundreds of writers. Here are skills that writers can master—from finding strong openings and closings, to focusing on

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Calvin Trillin can write just about anything--and has. He covered the Civil Rights movement in the South for Time, chronicled stories from small towns and cities for The New Yorker, and wrote comic poetry for The Nation. But one of his favorite subjects across the years--a superbly good fit for Trillin's unique mélange of reportage and comedy--has been his own professional milieu: the American press. In The Lede, Trillin gathers over a half century...

"Twenty-seven poems look inside the dwellings of animals like elf owls, cathedral termites, Sumatran orangutans, and foam-nest tree frogs"--

"Young readers will learn about the lives and legacies of seventeen heroes of the queer community from both past and present. Marsha P. Johnson, Harvey Milk, Cleve Jones, Pauline Park, Richard Blanco, and Pete Buttigieg are just a few of the iconic figures represented in this wonderfully designed and colorful picture book with illustrations by Harry Woodgate. A perfect introduction to the people who have stood up for what they believed in, lived lives...

"For most of the 2,000-plus years since its foundation as a discipline by ancient Greek thinkers, rhetoric--the art of using language to persuade--was a keystone of a Western education. But in the early 20th century, studying rhetoric fell out of fashion. In The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself, Robin Reames, one of the world's leading scholars of rhetoric, argues that it's high time to bring it back. Drawing on examples ranging from the Sophist...

"A kinder, funner usage guide to the ever-changing English language and a useful tool for both the grammar stickler and the more colloquial user of English, from linguist and veteran professor Anne Curzan. Our use of language naturally evolves and is a living, breathing thing that reflects who we are. Says Who? offers clear, nuanced guidance that goes beyond "right" and "wrong" to empower us to make informed language choices. Never snooty or scoldy...

Kids will develop fundamental reading and writing skills as they learn letters, sight words, and more with interactive challenges and books. - Learn to recognize letters and words - Develop basic phonic skills - Practice spelling - Trace and write letters ABC POP! is a fun app for helping children develop basic literacy skills. It is a great way to learn, explore and practice letters, their symbols and names while playing a fun bubble popping game....

Kids will be propelled into early literacy learning while building a strong knowledge of letters, phonics, vocabulary, and more. - Learn important sight words - Develop phonetic awareness - Practice spelling - Read along with animated storybooks With three games to choose from that use bulldozers, yarders, and cranes, Kids Trucks: Alphabet Games works on letter recognition in a way that is fun and easy for preschoolers and children to enjoy! In...