From
1990-9, The Waterways Project
of Ten Penny Players published annual anthologies of poetry
by Staten Island student poets; one book for young adults (grades
7-12) and another for children (k-6). The themes
for the Bibliomania
series included: books, friendship, neighborhoods, food,
music, plays, "practice makes perfect" and water.
Each spring, Waterways
invited the students
published in Bibliomania to participate in two poetry readings (one for
children and another for young adults)
at a Staten Island branch of the New York Public Library. The
library invited
guest authors to each reading. Videotapes of the readings were
made and edited for showing on a local public access cable channel.
Bibliomania Publications The "Children" and "Young Adult"
labels are based on library classification. Those attending
elementary school are "children" while those attending intemediate
through high school are "young adults".
The Waterways
Project of Ten Penny Players Bibliomania publications and
programs were supported in part
by The New York Public
Library, The New York State Council on the Arts, Alternative,
Adult and Continuing Education Schools and Programs.
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