Another Idea for School Visits: Translation
A pitch for speaking to high school language classes about translation and what it’s like to work as a translator.
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Wanted: School Visits
Now that I have four recently published books and pandemic restrictions are coming to an end, I’m starting to look for school visits. In the years following the...
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Why We Need Historical Fiction
In the past two weeks, I’ve spoken at two events about my novel Gringolandia and my translation of the picture book Three Balls of Wool (Can Change the World)...
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The Literature of Witness
The importance of #ownvoices authors and their literature of witness for a new generation of African-American teens as we confront a nation in crisis.
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How to Make Friends with the New Kid: Advice for Kiara from the New Kids
My presentation to ELL students at Manchester, CT’s high school and middle school explored insights gained from being a newcomer from a different culture.
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
