making change from within
I’m not on Twitter much but on one of my recent visits I discovered a…
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returning the favor
Last week I interviewed Kelbian Noel, a YA spec fic author that I met while…
meet Kelbian Noel!
Kelbian Noel was born on a warm June night in Moncton, New Brunswick. From a…
sweet snarl
It actually feels like spring here in Toronto—for once I’m not shivering through my visit,…
black girl hero
Bitch Magazine is running a new discussion series on their blog: “Do Girls of Color…
in their own words
There are two fantastic reports on our diversity panel at the NYPL. You can read…
see what we saw
If you were at the NYPL yesterday for Betsy Bird’s Children’s Literature Salon then you…
NYPL Diversity Panel graphics
This afternoon I will be on a diversity panel at the NYPL. I thought I’d…
end of the road
Somebody keeps moving the goal line post. And that somebody, of course, is me. I’ve…
feast or famine
My good friend Gabrielle says an artist must learn to “cultivate selfishness.” This is particularly…