The Story of a Publisher: #WorldKidLit Month
The origin story of publisher Levine Querido and a memoir of the Querido family, Dutch Jews of Portuguese descent persecuted in the Holocaust.
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What I Would Be Doing…
Checking in on some of our favorite Lisbon restaurants via the internet and in person with our favorite Portuguese cafe in New York City.
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Why We Don’t Negotiate
As the impeachment trial for inciting the January 6 coup begins, I use my historical research to explain why we have the trial and punish the perpetrators rather than negotiating with them.
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Monuments and Murals
Some thoughts on why Confederate monuments are falling now, in the midst of a pandemic and a far-right resurgence.
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Portugal Reopens for Tourists
Advice for people considering a visit to a newly-reopened Portugal in the summer of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Life Imitates Art and a Broken Leg Foreshadowed
Like my character in the 2015 Lego soap opera Brickland, I now have a broken leg. Some thoughts on being laid up.
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
