Maynard Book Festival Author Talk: Irene Latham and Charles Waters discussing books for audiences grades 4-6Irene Latham is a grateful creator of many novels, poetry collections, and picture books, but her first love is poetry. Her poetry books include: Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship, a Charlotte Huck Honor, and African Town, winner of the 2023 Scott O’Dell Award, both co-written with her poetic-forever-friend Charles Waters.