Reading goals aren’t only for grown-ups but can be for kids too! All Lit Up has comprised a list of recommendations that the little ones in your life are sure to love. 

Whether you’re looking for creative inspiration, something emotionally touching, or just wanting to dip your toe into poetry to see what’s out there—we’ve got you covered! Explore poetry through All Lit Up’s New Year, New Me selections below.

Writer Shira Nayman joins us from her Brooklyn, NY home to read from her YA novel  River (Guernica Editions); where a 14-year-old girl travels back in time to witness the experiences of her foremothers and see how, even centuries before, they've shaped her into the person ... Read more

Shanice Nicole reads to us Dear Black Girls (Metonymy Press) from her rocking chair in her living room for today’s All Lit Up Cozy Fest. Both a poem and letter, this children’s book is a reminder to young readers that despite differences, they all deserve to be loved ... Read more

We’re excited to feature Leah Ranada for today’s All Lit Up Cozy Fest. Reading the debut novel The Cine Star Salon (NeWest Press) in the comfort of her home, we are brought into a graphic and engaging depiction of the importance of women's work and the loyalties that ... Read more

We're so excited to kick off All Lit Up's virtual festival, Cozy Fest: eleven days with as many authors, reading the coziest passages from their books. Read on to learn more about what's in store for Cozy Fest, including how to catch the readings and where to visit our festival ... Read more

We teamed up with Matthew Stepanic, writer, and poet, as well as co-founder of Glass Buffalo and Glass Bookshop, for today’s gift guide series. Stepanic tells us that, “My main mission on this good green earth is to help as many folks as possible discover that poetry is ... Read more

With overwhelming emotional power, in The Boy's Marble (Guernica Editions), Nataša Nuhanović’s shows us that we need to keep choosing love, innocence, and hope, if humanity is to be given a chance to win against terror and the absurdity of war.

Part essay, part poem, part fever dream journal entry, Dream Rooms (Book*hug Press) by River Halen is a book about personal revolution, about unravelling a worldview to make space for different selves and realities. Halen explains their editing process that was completed ... Read more

Serpents and Other Spiritual Beings (Kegedonce Press) continues the Ojibwe History series that Bomgiizhik Isaac Murdoch started with The Trail of Nenaboozhoo in 2019. We interview Issac about the role Serpents has to play in preserving Anishinaabe language and culture, ... Read more