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Guest Post by Christine Heppermann, author of POISONED APPLES

Christine Heppermann uses fairytale characters and tropes to explore how teen girls are taught to think about themselves, their bodies and their roles in society in her new book POISONED APPLES. She doesn't do this in the form of a novel or short story collection, though --- she uses 50 poems!  Below, she explains why she thinks people are bit afraid of poetry...and why they shouldn't be.  

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