A summary of the PEN "Won't Know Much About History" panel on children's historical fiction at the Brooklyn Book Festival and meeting small press YA publishers.
The value of writing workshops goes beyond nurturing a new generation of writers to nurturing a new generation of citizens who can speak truth to power.
Why authors' careers shouldn't be as short as professional athletes' -- and what we have to contribute whatever our age.
This is not what I wanted to return home to -- the images of two African-American men gunned down by white police officers in as many days. We protest the…
My morning in Staten Island, speaking to the students and staff at Passages Academy as part of a program sponsored by PEN and Literature for Incarcerated Teens.
A write-up of the PEN World Voices Festival highlighting the Tomás Rivera Award and the need for better representation of Mexican Americans in children's books.
I recently joined with other translators and advocates for translation to start a group called Global Literature in Libraries Initiative. According to the mission statement, "the Global Literature in Libraries…
Thoughts on how to stand up against homophobic and transphobic laws without weakening or hurting allies.
Announcing the 2016 We Are the People Summer Reading List, featuring outstanding books for children and teens by authors and artists of color.
A report on the second panel of the Bridge Series on Translation, where editors discussed the process of editing translations.