Bookmark: A Benefit for Literary Arts featured youth, children’s literature authors, and partners from Literary Arts’ 2021-2022 programming. This year’s show featured children’s author and Oregon Book Award winner Jennie Englund reading from her book Taylor Before and After, Everybody Reads author Mira Jacob sharing her experience of having Portland high schoolers engage with her book Good Talk, and more!
Along with these testimonials, Danica Leung, Lincoln High School student and poet from Verselandia! 2021, performed her own slam poem. Hear Danica’s poem below!
Thank you to Danica, Jennie, Mira, and many more, for sharing your voice and stories with us.
