Readalong titles and date info

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

This is a little bit complicated so please ask any questions you have!!

Book Cougars - Reading Envy
Joint Readalong



Reading Envy Readalong hosts:

When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry edited by Joy Harjo
Bonus read: A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver

Listeners discussion of When the Light of the World - hosted by Jenny/Reading Envy, 5/8/21, time TBD
Jenny/Reading Envy and Book Cougars discussion of When the Light of the World plus just poetry in general, 5/12/21
Recorded discussion with Book Cougars posted 6/1/2021
Recorded group discussion of WtLofW posted 6/8/2021, tentative

Book Cougars will host:

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

| Link to Book Cougars GoodReads group for discussion |

Listeners discussion of Braiding Sweetgrass - hosted by Book Cougars, 5/30/21
Book Cougars and Jenny/Reading Envy discussion of Braiding Sweetgrass, 6/2/21
Recorded discussion of Braiding Sweetgrass will take place on Episode 131, dropping 6/8

[Tina]

Thanks for hosting this readalong. I bought the Joy Harjo book today. My hope is to get the Mary Oliver book from the library. I look forward to the upcoming book discussions.

[Elizabeth☮]

I ordered a copy of the Haro book of poetry. Let's see how successful I am at tackling it!

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

I thought I'd come up with a rough readalong schedule too, with 5/8 as the finished-by date.

You can take more time than this if that works better for you.


Blessing, Intro, Northeast and Midwest
1-98
April 4-10

Plains and Mountains
99-170
April 11-17

Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and Pacific Islands
171-265
April 18-24

Southwest and West
267-355
April 25-May 1

Southeast, Outro, Acknowledgements
357-423
May 2-8

I'll post discussion boards for each week, when we get there.

[Tina]

Thanks for the break down. I appreciate it.

[Mina]

Poetry is not in my comfort zone - but I am excited about this read-along. Book has been ordered!

[Chris]

Tina wrote: "Thanks for the break down. I appreciate it."

As do I!

[Karen]

Wonderful choice! And I actually found this book very recently in a nearby Little Free Library!

[Robin]

Thank you for the schedule!

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

I know the official schedule says we start reading April 4 but I think my treat to myself to kick off National Poetry month tomorrow (April 1) will be to get started. I've waited long enough!!

[Tina]

Jenny (Reading Envy) wrote: "I know the official schedule says we start reading April 4 but I think my treat to myself to kick off National Poetry month tomorrow (April 1) will be to get started. I've waited long enough!!"

I couldn’t wait. I started early, too. Enjoy!

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

Hey all, I was poking around the poetry books in the Libby app yesterday and saw that When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry is in there, so if you have access to Libby from your public library, it's worth checking out.

Also a sidenote, I have found better layouts from reading poetry in the Libby app than having it show up in Kindle, but maybe it would be okay. If you try it, report back!

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

In a second attempt, I posted a poll to select a time for our discussion of the anthology and bonus Mary Oliver read.

I hope we don't end up with two polls because I thought I made one the other day, but it seemed to disappear.

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

Okay! I have called it and we will discuss the anthology, the bonus Mary Oliver if anyone has read it (it's okay if I just save that for chatting with the Book Cougars) and just.... poetry in general! 4 pm EST on Saturday, May 8. I will post a link close to that time right here in this thread.

I hope you will come even if you didn't read the entire thing! It will be super casual.

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

Here is the Zoom info for the 4 pm discussion on May 8th. The focus will be on the anthology itself. If you read the Mary Oliver poetry handbook too, you get a gold star, but it isn't required. (And if you've studied poetry at all, many of the concepts in that book will be familiar!)

I hope to see some of you there! It's daunting to approach discussing the entire anthology so we will simply do our best.

Jenny Colvin is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

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Time: May 8, 2021 04:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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[Mina]

I did not finish the book and am sorry that I missed this discussion.
What I have read I've enjoyed.

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

If you participated in the discussion in Zoom, you might be on the most recent podcast episode!