Kansas city library waging twitter war with jays fans. Local libraries create spine poetry poems made out of. With bookspine poetry, libraries duel on minnesota public radio. The kansas city public library encouraged patrons to get creative in celebration of national library week april 1016, and a lot of readers heard the call. Kansas city library, union station, others pay tribute to.
Apr 12, 2011 kaite mediatore stover, readers services manager at the kansas city public library, explains how to stack up a poem of your own using whatevers on the shelf at home or in the library. Watch a video on how you can make your own book spine poem for national library week. When the jays beat the kansas city royals in the first of five games, the kc public library tweeted a photo of some inspirational book spine poetry. Found poetry is particularly popular with students who are overwhelmed by the vastness of a blank page or who act like their pencil is barbed. Libraries using book spine poetry to spell out how they feel. And for inspiration take a look at the book spine poetry war of words between the new york public library and kansas city public library during last years world series. After last nights disastrous game we lost 142, the kcmo public library created some book spine poetry, basically. The kansas city public library kicked off the trash talking with a jab after the royals 142 blowout win in game 4. Toronto library fires back at chirpy kansas city toronto sun. You know the tension during postseason baseball is high when libraries start battling it out and using book spine poetry. The library tweeted to toronto public library a picture of three stacked. Denise low, kansas poet, lawrence, map of kansas literature.
See more of kansas city public library on facebook. This site features a biography and bibliography, an interview with low, a photo, poetry samples,a map of lows kansas connections, and links to more information and more of lows work on the web. Check out a gallery of crafty book spine poems sent in by members of the community, and get ideas for making your own. Snow days at the kansas city public library february 2011 12 photos. The kansas city writers group marylane kamberg kansas. The canadian library responded the next day with its own book spine poem.
Look for books that have oneword titles, books with titles that sound poetic, that have prepositional phrases or active verbs, or have titles that just sound unusual, advises our own book spine wordsworth, kaite mediatore stover, readers services manager at the kansas city public library. Kansas city librarys giant bookshelf kansas city, missouri. Digital book elending kansas state library, ks official. Weve also had a bit of fun with it here in the neepawa library and have posted photos of seasonal greetings on the library facebook page, which can be found under western manitoba regional library.
Kansas city library, union station, others pay tribute to yordano. Digital book elending the state library of kansas works with kansas libraries to provide digital library books for all residents, which includes downloadable audiobooks and ebooks. Oct 22, 2015 kansas city public library trolls blue jays with book spine poetry kacie mcdonnell now dating eric hosmer cubs fan with it aint over until fat lady sings signgot kicked out of the bleachers. See more ideas about book spine, poetry, poetry ideas. Kaite mediatore stover, readers services manager at the kansas city public library. Oct 22, 2015 after the jays crushed the royals 71 in game 5 of the series, the toronto public library served up another round of book spine poetry.
Oct 20, 2015 some book spine poetry for our friends, the toronto blue jays. Kansas city public library and the new york public library hold a book spine poetry showdown tied to the royals and mets world series. Libraries using book spine poetry to spell out how they. Public libraries duke it out in bookspine poetry cbc news posted. Oct 30, 2015 when the kansas city royals beat the toronto blue jays 142 in game 2 of major league baseballs american league championship series, the kansas city mo. Now, the kansas city public library is trolling the toronto blue jays too. Kc royals book spine poetry library tweets gets national. The kansas city and toronto libraries started sending each other book spine messages after the blue jays fell to the royals in game 4. A between the covers summer reading display coming soon to the portage library.
Apr 11, 2018 here is a link to some 2017 book spine poetry winning poems with the youngest category being 5 to 8 yearolds. Oct 28, 2015 kansas city public library and the new york public library hold a book spine poetry showdown tied to the royals and mets world series. Rabas teaches poetry and other forms of creative writing at emporia state university. Katchadourian began collecting interesting titles and arranging them in clusters so the spines could be read like a sentence. Denise low is a kansas poet working out of lawrence, and the second poet laureate of kansas. Discover kansas city library s giant bookshelf in kansas city, missouri. Students worked in small groups to make poems out of book spines. Shortly after the jays lost 142, the library posted. The missouri library posted a photo to twitter on tuesday. Jun 3, 2015 in april we celebrated national poetry month by hosting a book spine poetry contest. Book spine poetry isnt just a type of poetry to be explored by baseball loving librarians.
The kansas city writers group was founded in 1965 by wilma yeo. Oct 29, 2015 liesl christman, the social media manager for the kansas city public library, has selections at the ready for her postseason book spine poetry tweets. There arent many household items that you can stack into a pile and make poetry out of. Oct 29, 2015 liesl christman the social media manager for the kansas city public library started with fellow staff members the book spine poetry baseball themed tweets between libraries in toronto and new york. At the kansas city public librarys downtown branch, the fifthfloor missouri valley room houses the librarys special collections an invaluable resource for historical archives and genealogical materials, but where visitors can also study lovely handdrawn maps or a collection of local zines, mail art and minicomics. Oct 26, 2012 the concept of book spine poetry appeared in 1993 with nina katchadourians sorted books project. Kansas city and toronto libraries exchange literary insults. Approximately 40 members gather each semester plus, several charter members also frequently attend. Check out a gallery of crafty book spine poems sent in by members of the community, and get ideas for making your own in addition to writing book spine poems, patrons were also encouraged to submit lifewriting essays and get. Oct 21, 2015 book spine poetry uses the arrangement of book titles to create a poem. Jan 15, 2012 spine poetry is a fun project i did with 4th grade this year. Check out our great entries see more ideas about poetry contests, book spine and national poetry month.
The organization has met continuously since that time. Given that it is national poetry month and national librarian week, we asked local libraries to submit their own versions of spine poetry. If you tried to read the copy of to kill a mockingbird found on the community bookshelf outside kansas city s central library, youd be both disappointed and thrilled. Kansas city, new york libraries use book spine poetry for playful ribbing. Apr, 2016 the toronto public library and the kansas city public library exchanged baseball chirps, over twitter, in the form of book spine poetry. Liesl christman, the social media manager for the kansas city public library, has selections at the ready for her postseason book spine poetry tweets. As you can see from the exchange below, things got. When baseball unleashes your inner nerd chicago tribune. Naturally, the toronto public library celebrated with their own victory poem. You know the tension during postseason baseball is high when libraries start battling it out and using book spine poetry to spell out how they really feel. Libraries using book spine poetry to spell out how they feel about. We asked authors, booksellers, publishers, editors, and others to share the places they go to connect with writers of the past, to the bars and cafes where todays authors give readings, and to those sites that are most inspiring for writing.
First, the spine of the book measures 25 feet by 9 feet 7. The kansas city public library is sharing in the sadness that royals fans are feeling in the wake of the death of pitcher yordano ventura on sunday. Its somewhat comforting to know that the bookspine trash talking between libraries didnt end after the toronto and kansas city playoff series. Books, on the other hand, lend themselves well to verse after all, they do have words printed on their spines. Some realworld mentor texts of book spine poetry happened in 2015 when the toronto library and the kansas city library used spine book poetry to trash talk when their baseball teams were both vying for a spot in the world series.
Liesl christman, the social media manager for the kansas city public library, has selections at the ready for her postseason book spine poetry. Nov 17, 2015 to read more about the kansas city vs toronto book spine poetry battle, check out the news item on ctvnews. Poetic underground is dedicated to using poetry as a healing and community building tool to create a. Kaite mediatore stover, readers services manager at the kansas city public library, explains how to stack up a poem of your own using whatevers on the shelf at home or in the library. Kevin rabas second book features poetry and musings about jazz, romance, nature and chalk drawings. Some book spine poetry for our friends, the toronto blue jays. Game 6 will take place in kansas city tomorrow night. Liesl christman the social media manager for the kansas city public library started with fellow staff members the book spine poetry baseball themed tweets between libraries in toronto and new york. Second, the oversized spine doesnt bind a real book. October 23, 2015 baseball series taken to heart with a bookspine battle over twitter 9.
Oct 23, 2015 the kansas city public library instigated the feud following their tuesday night win by tweeting an image of some snarky book spine poetry. Oct 08, 2015 book spine poetry falls into the category of found poetry that is, poems made up of text lifted from different sources. Maria popova of brain pickings adapted the spine sentences into poetry and the idea quickly spread around. The title relates to an electric piano which flew out of a pickup truckbed at 47th and main in kansas city. Toronto, kc libraries trade barbs over jaysroyals playoffs cbc. Book spine poetry uses the arrangement of book titles to create a poem. Kansas city public library parking garage 10 strange. The library reprised its book spine poetry to remember ventura, and many other kc institutions also paid tribute to him. Public library kcpl staff took the opportunity to do some friendly ribbing by using book spine poetry.
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