Category The Missouri Reader

Jan 23 2025

The Missouri Reader

Hi everyone,

Yesterday I received a reminder that the Winter issue of The Missouri Reader is out and has been for a while. This is a juried journal published by Missouri Literacy Association, an affiliate of International Literacy Association. The Reader describes itself this way:

The Missouri Reader is the MLA's scholarly journal.

It is published quarterly as a resource for our members.

The articles are written by nationally recognized authors, literacy researchers and instructional leaders as well as by local literacy researchers, veteran classroom teachers, beginning classroom teachers and graduate students.

The Winter issue contains a number of articles about poetry in the classroom as well as a podcast interview by SAM BOMMARITO of GEORGIA HEARD and me on the subject of poetry.https://viewer.joomag.com/winter-2024-edition/0050255001732049566/p38?short=

It also includes a link to the 2019 Winter issue, which was dedicated entirely to poetry. That issue set the all-time record for number of readers. The Spring issue of The Missouri Reader will also feature a lot about poetry and I see that it is being dedicated in my honor as state poet laureate. I am very grateful to Sam, his co-editor for many years, GLENDA NUGENT, and all others who have made room for poetry on the pages of this dynamic journal.

Nov 8 2017

New article out

Hi everyone,

The fall issue of THE MISSOURI READER just came out and I’m pleased to see the article by Mary Jo Fresch and me in it. This one springs from our new book, 7 KEYS TO RESEARCH FOR SUCCESSFUL WRITING, the same subject we’ll present this month in St. Louis at NCTE. Here’s the link: https://joom.ag/HA9W

The journal is edited by Glenda Nugent and Sam Bommarito. I look forward to sharing breakfast with them at the conference.

Nov 12 2015

It’s happening in Missouri

Hi everyone,

Sometime today the Fall 2015 issue of The Missouri Reader, Vol. 39, Issue 2 comes out, just in time for the Missouri Early Learning Conference. My thanks to the editors — Julie Bryant and Jennifer Fox from Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar –for including me as their featured author. I’m told that this should be available later in the day.
David from 417 Magazine
The organizers of this year’s conference at Tan-Tar-A are pleased that nearly 700 people have registered, an all-time high. Today Marc Brown gives the luncheon talk and I do the reception at 4:00. In the morning Tim Rasinski gives the keynote and I do the luncheon plus morning and afternoon presentations. I look forward to seeing friends and meeting new people.