Rural Lives, Rural Voices
Thoughts on the YA short story collection Rural Voices and depictions of rural life in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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A Big Announcement for TORCH!
Have you ever written a super-secret project, one you didn’t want to tell *anyone*? That was me, for years, as I worked on draft after draft of a weird, multi-POV...
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We Are KidLit 2020 Summer Reading List: Now More Than Ever
Introducing the 2020 We Are LidLit Summer Reading List, in light of the Covid-19 pandemic and nationwide protests against police killings and systemic racism.
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Translators of Children’s Books Take Center Stage
The “Translating for the Future” panel that argues for a kidlit presence in translation and more translated books for kids.
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A Graphic Novel for the Armchair Traveler
A review of a graphic novel/memoir about a South Korean university student’s introduction to resistance against her country’s dictatorship in 1983.
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