BETTENDORF -- Public-speaking jitters hit 16-year-old Tiffany Trujillo like a ton of bricks. But with some coaching and care, the Pleasant Valley High School sophomore read her poem, ``My New Best ...

There’s been an influx of books in recent years on how to, or how not to, read poetry. Why do you think that is? Books on what poetry’s about aren’t new. They’ve been around since the early 19th ...