Autism Representation and a Reviewer’s Dilemma
Examining autism representation in a new middle grade novel with an autistic secondary character and why we need #ownvoices.
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It’s Here! The 2017 We’re the People Summer Reading List
Several years ago, a group of teachers, librarians, and reviewers with long experience in diversity and children’s literature got together to create the...
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The Dearly Departed
Parallels between my favorite eateries that have gone out of business and fresh, brave small press publishers of young adult books that couldn’t survive.
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Too Old to Write?
Why authors’ careers shouldn’t be as short as professional athletes’ — and what we have to contribute whatever our age.
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Advocating for Chicano Children’s Authors and Representation at the PEN World Voices Festival
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.
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
