May 2018

Level I FIRST PLACE New Jersey Veronica Ma Community Middle School, Plainsboro Author:  William Carlos Williams of The Red Wheelbarrow Dear William Carlos Williams, William Carlos Williams, I just wanted you to know that I never, ever in my lifetime, even remotely considered to write a letter to you.  I know it might sound harsh, but it feels a tad read more

Letters about Literature New Jersey Winners 2018 Level One – Grades 4 through 6 First Place:  Veronica Ma, Community Middle School, Plainsboro Second Place:  Lucy Ort, Pennington School, Pennington Distinguished Honors Maggie D’Allessandro, Readington Middle School, Whitehouse Station Calan Armitage, Readington Middle School, Whitehouse Station Shayan Chatiwala, Lafayette Elementary, Wayne Timothy Torubarov, AP Terhune School, Wayne Elliot Day, Little Falls read more

Level III FIRST PLACE New Jersey Maya Mau, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North Plainsboro, NJ Author:  Helen Keller of Blind Sister Dear Helen, It seems to me that many probably pick up your book to read the inspiring story of a deaf-blind child fighting her way through the world. They wonder what it felt like to be in your shoes read more

Level II FIRST PLACE New Jersey Daisy Hutnik Pennington School, Pennington, NJ Author: Douglas Adams of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Dear Mr. Adams, In this day and age, weathered and cracked by stress of all sorts, laughing has nearly become a forgotten art- But what a joy it is to giggle! How can we possibly forget the bliss it read more

Maya Mau (photo far right) was named one of two National winners in Level 3 for Letters about Literature this year.  The 2018 celebration for New Jersey’s winners in the national Library of Congress program, Letters About Literature, took place on Tuesday, May 8, at the Livingston Student Center on the Livingston Campus of Rutgers University, 84 Joyce Kilmer Ave., read more