Paying for Our Own Oppression
At tax time, reflections on a Chilean duo that also resisted a dictatorship.
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A Book for Survival
Book recommendations on surviving authoritarianism and finding joy despite repression.
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Publishers Speak Out Against Book Bans
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.
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Me Versus the Spanish Teacher
Republication of an essay in YARN about the role a Spanish teacher played in my writing and translating life.
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Announcing Work in Progress Awards!
Using my experience with Gringolandia, I encourage SCBWI members to apply for the Work-in-Progress Awards that open for submission every year in March.
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Plebiscite
Seeing the 2020 election not as a contest between two presidential candidates but as an up-or-down vote on democracy itself.
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
