Giving Characters Agency in Restricted Spaces
How writers can give their protagonists agency even if the characters are very young or live in very restricted environments.
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Not Obeying in Advance
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.
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The Lost Democracies of the 21st Century
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?
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Unplugging
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.
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Titletown New York!
Celebrating the WNBA finals victory and first championship for the New York Liberty, a lesson in persistence for writers as well.
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A Famous Street in the East Village
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 a...
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
