Not Obeying in Advance
Not taking down my blog or my more political posts is part of my decision not to "obey in advance" given the possibility of a more repressive regime.
An Overdue Update on Little Brick Township
Fans of my LEGO town, Little Brick Township, have been asking me for an update for months. A while ago, I opened up more space under the table on which…
World Read Aloud Day 2024: Not a Rookie
Offering free Zoom visits to schools at all levels for World Read Aloud Day on February 7, 2024.
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.
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 publication of…
Launch Events!
The back-to-back launches of She Persisted: Temple Grandin yesterday and Moonwalking next week caught me by surprise. Yes, I had plenty of time to prepare, but the flurry of activity…
My First #KidsNeedMentors School Visit!
Talking to fourth graders about my writing, with my Lego town behind me.
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) --…
Top Questions from Middle School: Why Did Kiara Want to Be Popular?
A response to an eighth grader's question on why Kiara (and I) wanted so badly to be popular and whether the reality lives up to the hype.
The Advice Columnists of Passages Academy, Staten Island
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.