Working While Autistic: The Value of Volunteering
Experiences and best practices for volunteers on the autism spectrum and those who work with them.
The Time Has Come for Three Balls of Wool (Can Change the World)
Release day for the Amnesty International co-sponsored Three Balls of Wool (Can Change the World), a picture book of a refugee family in their new home.
We Need Diverse International Books
Recapping a panel at the American Library Association annual conference on translated literature for teens and a recommendation of a timely translation.
Popcorn
The dangers of politics as a spectator sport and taking pleasure in watching the disarray of the greedy and powerful.
A Fable for Our Time: The Queen of the Frogs
Discussing a book I translated from Portuguese, The Queen of the Frogs, which since last November has become a timely story of democracy's erosion.
Good News for Lines, Squiggles, Letters, Words!
I'm not one of those authors who goes around tooting my own horn. My grandmother taught me the value of modesty and warned me that "what goes up must come…
The Cord Is Still Cut!
Turning off the TV and reading more isn't just a way of saving money; now and in the coming months, it's an act of resistance too.
Translator in Trouble
Spreading the word to free a fellow translator, Necmiye Alpay, imprisoned and charged with political "crimes" in Turkey.
Know Your History
Knowing history is key to making informed decisions in the present, because we can see the consequences of similar decisions in the past.
Little Brick Township now has a beach and coastline.
An Anniversary and What’s Coming Soon
Celebration of the blog's fourth anniversary with popular posts and an announcement of three forthcoming translations.