A Book for Survival
Book recommendations on surviving authoritarianism and finding joy despite repression.
Book recommendations on surviving authoritarianism and finding joy despite repression.
A creative effort by one of my publishers to raise money and awareness to fight book bans as well as attacks on authors and freedom of expression.
How writers can give their protagonists agency even if the characters are very young or live in very restricted environments.
Not taking down my blog or my more political posts is part of my decision not to "obey in advance" given the possibility of a more repressive regime.
A discussion of the fates of democracies that gave way to dictatorships from the mid-1990s to the present. How many of them are democracies again?
A discussion with Sarah Darer Littman and educators on Long Island about the importance of unplugging in multiple ways from social media and the digital world.
Celebrating the WNBA finals victory and first championship for the New York Liberty, a lesson in persistence for writers as well.
One of my most popular blog post types is the "tourists at home," where I point out interesting places in the city where I live. It also happens to be…
An election in which our very democracy and freedoms are at stake, and what we lose if we lose them to shiny promises and violent solutions.
For Banned Books Week, the importance of offering books that portray BIPOC children, racial justice, and friendship.