Laid Up With the Flu
The reading I did while sick with the flu, in preparation for a panel on youth activism.
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New Year’s Resolution Fail
Assessing my failed 2024 New Year’s Resolution and trying again.
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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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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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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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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
