A closing panel of the 2018 PEN World Voices Festival addresses the question: could (or has) an authoritarian regime come to power in the United States?
A PEN World Voices panel on writing and democracy that highlighted the myth of meritocracy and the self-made man, and need for more inclusive media and stories.
I first met Anne Nesbet at the AWP conference in Washington, D.C. last February, when she was on a middle grade panel at Politics & Prose, a famous independent bookstore…
Thoughts on demonstrations that recently brought down the government in Slovakia and parallels to the student-led rally in Washington, D.C. for gun control.
A review of Away, a new travel store in Lower Manhattan that also serves as a community space.
A discussion of sexual harassment in children's publishing and, for inspiration, a roundup of two recent movies featuring women who fight back.
Some thoughts on The New York Times Travel Expo and my meetings with travel agents and specialists on travelers with disabilities.
A roundup of my teaching, translation, and writing in 2017 and my plans for a YA historical fiction series, now in progress.
A review of Three Balls of Wool in American Craft magazine and some thoughts on how picture books from other countries reflect their place and time.
Thursday December 7 saw nationwide rallies to protest Federal Communications Commission director Ajit Pai's promise to end Net Neutrality at the FCC's monthly meeting on December 14. Most of the…