My Trip Is Scrubbed!
Why my holiday trip to Houston was canceled and what I'm doing instead.
Why my holiday trip to Houston was canceled and what I'm doing instead.
The crackdown on books and freedom of expression in schools and libraries is real, frightening, and moving at pandemic speed.
Our local Il Laboratorio del Gelato, a family favorite, has become a casualty of the ice cream wars.
Talking to fourth graders about my writing, with my Lego town behind me.
Setting up a underground world for the new buildings of Little Brick Township because Lego expands faster than my space does.
Congratulating Malinda Lo on her National Book Award win, taking place in a climate of censorship about which she has spoken out, and I speak out too.
Review of the National Book Award finalist Revolution in Our Time, a history of the Black Panther Party for teen readers.
A review off Margarita Engle's new verse novel Your Heart, My Sky and a defense of democracy and human rights.
Jane Campion's latest career turn and how she handles the theme and plot twist in The Power of the Dog.
Remembering my husband, Richard Lachmann, who passed away on September 19. We were together 45 years.