This is very, very cool - especially because it is a giant shout out to WE ARE STRONGER THAN CENSORSHIP, the program I co-founded that goes on the offense against book banning. As I put it in BISG's article: "I'm so grateful to BISG for this recognition. As an author...
Hello community! “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers” is a famous poem by Emily Dickinson where hope “never stops.” For me, the feather metaphor telegraphs that hope is fragile, but the visual metaphor I prefer is the HOPE sculpture by Robert Indiana at the corner of...
This is such cool news. Red and Green and Blue and White was included in the picture book category, with the diversity and read-aloud icons, along with this summary review: "A fictionalized account of a town bonding together to stop bigotry, told with stunningly...
Hello, community! I'm back from my blogging break and unbelievably, it's already February 2022! Some updates: Deadline met! I turned in the full draft of book 2 in the Queer History Project series, THE GENDER BINARY IS A BIG LIE just last week. I've learned so much...
Screen shots of the Chicago Public Library's announcement of the "Best Informational Books for Older Readers of 2021" and the availability information for "No Way, They Were Gay?" in their library system. This is SO wonderful! The Chicago Public Library has announced...
