Lessons on Sleeping Alone

by Megan E. Freeman

Megan E. Freeman's poetry is as fresh and honest as a three year old's laughter at first discovering her reflection in a pool of water. While easily accessible, her elegant writing is complexly layered with hard-won common sense and clarity.

Genres: Poetry

50 pages, Paperback

Published November 19, 2015

About the author

Megan E. Freeman attended an elementary school where poets visited her classroom every week to teach poetry, and she has been a writer ever since. Her New York Times bestselling novel in verse, ALONE, won the Colorado Book Award, the Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, and Vermont Children’s Book Awards, the High Plains Book Award, is an NCTE Notable Verse Novel, and is included on over two dozen "best of" and state reading lists.

Megan is also a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and the author of the poetry chapbook Lessons on Sleeping Alone. An award-winning teacher with decades of classroom experience, Megan is nationally recognized for her work leading workshops and speaking to audiences across the country.

Megan used to live in northeast Los Angeles, central Ohio, northern Norway, and on Caribbean cruise ships. Now she divides her time between northern Colorado and the Texas Gulf Coast.

Reviews

[Cecelia Conway · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful writing and relatable. My aunt recommended it to me so not my typical preferred style but enjoyable.

[Susan Cirella]

Loved it! I'd read some of the poems before on Megan's site but it was nice to read them again!! Can't wait to read her new book!!

[Gianna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Megan's writing is beautiful and intelligent. It's deeply personal and easy to relate to, all at the same time.