You Don't Have to Be Everything Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves

<DIV><P><B>Poems to Turn to Again and Again – from Amanda Gorman, Sharon Olds, Kate Baer, and More</B><BR/> <BR/> Created and compiled just for young women, <B><I>You Don’t Have to Be Everything</I></B> is filled with works by a wide range of poets who are honest, unafraid, and skilled at addressing the complex feelings of coming-of-age, from loneliness to joy, longing to solace, attitude to humor. These unintimidating poems offer girls a message of self-acceptance and strength, giving them permission to let go of shame and perfectionism.<BR/><BR/> The cast of 68 poets is extraordinary: Amanda Gorman, the first National Youth Poet Laureate, who read at Joe Biden's inauguration; bestselling authors like Maya Angelou, Elizabeth Acevedo, Sharon Olds, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Mary Oliver; Instagram-famous poets including Kate Baer, Melody Lee, and Andrea Gibson; poets who are LGBTQ, poets of diverse racial and cultural backgrounds, poets who sing of human ex