Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Monthly Trivia Question (Answer)….

 

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This month’s question was where can you find the complete text of a poem about mathematics by a female author. The answer is through the LitFinder resource.  One poem that meets the criteria is “Math Is Beautiful and So Are You” by Becky Dennison Sakellariou.

Lit Finder allows advanced searching that lets you specify what you’re looking for along a number of dimensions. This search accesses thousands of full-text poems, stories, essays, plays and speeches.

Find this e-reference work  on the library’s Research & Homework page under “L” and access it with your library card.

Citation:

Sakellariou, Becky Dennison. "Math Is Beautiful and So Are You." Beloit Poetry Journal, vol. 53, no. 1, 2002, p. 19. Gale Literature: LitFinder