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.
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 for #kidlitwomen on the experience of an autistic author (me) and ways to make publishing a friendlier place for neurodiverse writers.
Tips for how a self-publishing author can find an editor who shares the passion for the book to create a professional-level product.
Last year I joined the Authors Guild, an organization dedicated to protecting authors' rights in the United States. The organization provides a number of valuable services, including contract review for…
Earlier this week I attended PEN America's 2018 Literary Awards Gala, invited because I served as a judge for the PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship this year, evaluating children's and…