snow! now silence

Love this video of two fathers reading Ezra Jack Keats’ The Snowy Day with their daughters!  You can submit a short film, too, at the EJK foundation website.

Snowy days are perfect for staying indoors—curling up with a good book or finishing up a new chapter on my novel-in-progress (nearing 23K!).  On Wednesday, I woke to snow falling steadily here in Brooklyn but instead of doing either of those things, I hastily packed my suitcase and rushed to the airport; my plane sat on the tarmac for two hours but finally managed to depart for Boston.  Job interviews are anxiety-producing under any circumstances, but try having one during a blizzard!  Today will be a day of silence.  I met so many kind and interesting people during my three-day trip, including several talkative taxi drivers…it’s always interesting how things change once strangers realize I am (or have been) a professor.  Today I’ve got my writer hat on; tomorrow I have to focus on finalizing my syllabus and gearing up for the first day of the spring semester.  Here’s hoping I haven’t lost my touch in the classroom…

Thanks to the ladies at Love YA Lit for sharing this interesting list of “must reads” for teen feminists.  Virginia Hamilton seems to be missing—is there anyone else you would add?