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Allan Wolf

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Allan Wolf: educator-writer-musician extraordinaire. He has literally hundreds of poems committed to memory. He is a veteran traveler through all the diverse worlds of poetry--from poetry slams to public schools, salons to saloons. He turns classic poetry into acoustic tunes as the drummer for The Dead Poets band. He put the Oh! in poetry as the educational director for national touring company Poetry Alive!. Allan Wolf knows poems.

This expertise was exhibited in Allan Wolf's first book with Candlewick Press, THE BLOOD-HUNGRY SPLEEN AND OTHER POEMS ABOUT OUR PARTS. A collection of wacky--and anatomically correct--poems about body parts, THE BLOOD-HUNGRY SPLEEN is transforming science classes across the country. Before starting the book, All...more Allan Wolf: educator-writer-musician extraordinaire. He has literally hundreds of poems committed to memory. He is a veteran traveler through all the diverse worlds of poetry--from poetry slams to public schools, salons to saloons. He turns classic poetry into acoustic tunes as the drummer for The Dead Poets band. He put the Oh! in poetry as the educational director for national touring company Poetry Alive!. Allan Wolf knows poems.

This expertise was exhibited in Allan Wolf's first book with Candlewick Press, THE BLOOD-HUNGRY SPLEEN AND OTHER POEMS ABOUT OUR PARTS. A collection of wacky--and anatomically correct--poems about body parts, THE BLOOD-HUNGRY SPLEEN is transforming science classes across the country. Before starting the book, Allan Wolf drew on inspiration from his stint as "Poet in Residence" at a school in Seoul, Korea. "A sixth-grade life science class had displayed their poems about anatomy on a life-size chart of the human body," explains the author. "There was a poem about the intestines on the intestines. A poem about the brain was written on the brain." Since then, he says, "the human body has proved to be an infinite universe of poetic inspiration."

Allan Wolf's next book with Candlewick Press, NEW FOUND LAND: A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY, also reveals the writer's poetic roots. The exhilarating tale of Lewis and Clark's journey is written in poetic form: a medley of lyrical and powerful voices from the surprisingly diverse crew. "During the four years it took to research and write NEW FOUND LAND, my head was constantly crowded with the novel's fourteen voices," Allan Wolf says. "They talked to me as I made breakfast, as I dressed the baby, as I delivered newspapers, and as I brushed my teeth. They talked and talked. Alone in my car I began to talk back. And together all fifteen of us worked out the details of the story. Happily, my head is now quiet, the voices having moved to their permanent home within this book."

Allan Wolf lives in North Carolina with his wife and three children.
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Average rating: 3.97 · 853 ratings · 270 reviews · 10 distinct works

	The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic 4.12 avg rating — 484 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Zane's Trace 3.58 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	New Found Land: Lewis & Clark's Voyage of Discovery by Allan Wolf, Max Grafe (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Immersed in Verse: An Informative, Slightly Irreverent & Totally Tremendous Guide to Living the Poet's Life by Allan Wolf, Alan Wolf, Tuesday Mourning (Illustrations) 4.08 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	The Blood-Hungry Spleen and Other Poems About Our Parts by Allan Wolf, Greg Clarke (Illustrator) 4.00 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Haiku Stickies: 100 Haiku to Write & Leave Behind by Allan Wolf, Alan Wolf 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	The Watch That Ends the Night by Allan Wolf, Michael And Phil Gigante and Page (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Something is Going to Happen: Poetry Performance for the Classroom 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1990	My rating:
	It's Show Time: Poetry From The Page To The Stage 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1993	My rating:
	More Than Friends: Poems from Him and Her by Sara E. Holbrook, Allan Wolf 3.29 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2008	My rating:

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“Marriage without struggle is like an unfired clay pot.
It is easily made, but it will not stand the test of time.”
― Allan Wolf, The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic

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“You want coffees with your Happy Meals?

Yes, we want coffee with our Happy Meals. It makes them more happy.”
― Allan Wolf, Zane's Trace

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“Thank you. You're a kind person. It doesn't cost anything to be kind. People forget. Kindness doesn't cost a dime.”
― Allan Wolf, Zane's Trace

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