Dick Flavin is the Official Laureate of the Boston Red Sox. That means he gets to write poetry about baseball! He has compiled all his poems in one book, Red
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Author Interview: Kwame Alexander, "The Crossover"
Kwame Alexander is an award-winning poet and children’s book author. His most recent book, The Crossover, is a story told through poems and basketball "rules."
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