The Cord Is Still Cut!
Turning off the TV and reading more isn’t just a way of saving money; now and in the coming months, it’s an act of resistance too.
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I Cut the Cord
Where I cancel my cable TV service after the company jacked up my rates. Because large corporations are not our friends.
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On Giving Support and Eating Dessert First: An Interview with Dean Gloster
I met Dean Gloster in the summer of 2015, when he started in the MFA program in Writing for Children & Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts and I served as...
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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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The 2016 Brooklyn Book Festival: Historical Fiction for Kids and the Value of Small Presses
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.
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
