Celebrating a Launch and an Anniversary
On attending the launch of the anthology We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices, an essential book for our time.
On attending the launch of the anthology We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices, an essential book for our time.
It's back-to-school week here in New York, and my daughter is preparing for her first class of fifth graders who will arrive tomorrow. And I'm scheduling my own back-to-school events…
As I dig into a brand-new novel, this one in verse, some words of encouragement for those facing rejection.
The 2018 We're the People Summer Reading List, with books by and about indigenous people and people of color for all ages and a wide variety of genres.
Living in another country and feeling increasingly disconnected to the one I left.
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?
The contributors to an upcoming volume of poetry, essays, and art on resistance offer advice to parents on talking to children in challenging times.
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.
How I encouraged middle school writers in a workshop to share their writing and engage with each other's work in a positive way.
Why publishers should look for translators with experience in studying and writing children's and YA literature.