Review by Brad Bostian…

1. REVIEWS OF NAOMI SHIHAB NYE • Review by Brad Bostian… “These talents are wonderful, but they’re the powers of someone with a superior eye and tongue.” “As with most collections, Fuel is too long, and sometimes quite ordinary. This tendency to get watered down by saying too much comes with the age we live in, but doesn’t become a sage.” She is courteous, even ladylike, but equally bold in thought.

2. “Naomi Shihab Nye, is an American, an Arab, a Poet, a parent, a woman of Texas, a woman of ideas.” INTERVIEWS WITH NAOMI SHIHAB NYE… Interview with Bill Moyers… “Hidden” Moyers found comfort in her poetry while in the hospital. “Her poems speak of ordinary things – things we take for granted until it’s too late…”

3. SOURCE FOR FIRST SLIDE** • http://www.forpoetry.com/Archive/review_naomi_shihab_nye.htm