Back to Work!
Helping writers this summer but also needing help with a sick plant.
Helping writers this summer but also needing help with a sick plant.
Previewing two panels on neurodiversity and disability in kidlit at the 4th annual nErDcampPA next week.
Interview with Amy Nathan, author of Together, on racial justice, the Supreme Court, and using oral history in nonfiction.
A roundup of recent and forthcoming books I appreciated, along with a discussion of the author blurb.
Announcing the first starred review for Ways to Play and some background on this debut picture book.
A summary of the panel "Writing Truthfully for Kids About Today's Issues," part of the 2023 PEN World Voices Festival.
Exploring the role of parents and other adults in middle grade and YA novels and how to have a great story without getting rid of the parents.
What it was like for Torch to win the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature.
My poetry prompt for Authors Take Action, centered on the #ClimatePoemProject to encourage young people to write poetry about nature and caring for the environment.
A pitch for speaking to high school language classes about translation and what it's like to work as a translator.