I thought one of the most responsible things I could do would be to ask my friend and colleague Dr. Chavez Phelps to write a post aimed at our children’s caregivers to provide just a little more support for their expanding roles with the young people in their lives. His writing is a balm. “While… Read More Create a Rainbow for You and Your Family
Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones are the co-authors of I’m Not Dying Here Tonight (Sourcebooks Fire). I was fortunate enough to hear them speak at the ALAN Workshop last year and to arrange this interview with them. Their debut novel is a 2020 NAACP Image Awards nominee and was selected as the September 2019 book club… Read More interview: Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones
I recently reviewed The Bridge Home and today, I have a wonderful interview with the author, Padma Venkatraman. “THE BRIDGE HOME is that long overdue promise. It was, indeed a very hard story to write, because in writing it I had to revisit some very painful times in my childhood and adolescence and that’s always a bit… Read More interview: Padma Venkatraman
I thought that an interview with Ibi Zoboi would be a nice way to close out 2018 and move into 2019 because of all the good stuff she’s got going on. I particularly enjoy how this interview reveals her skill at editing anthologies and her passion for children. Thanks, Ibi for taking the time to… Read More interview: Ibi Zoboi
I think I get to know an author through their books! From reading Darius the Great is Not Okay (Dial Books) I just knew that Adib Khorram had been to Iran at least once, that he was rather fluent in Farsi and that he’s a Star Trek fan. Well, one out of three isn’t all that… Read More Interview: Adib Khorram
