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Crafting Fictional Cultures
For some readers, the attractions of a new culture or setting can be huge. We all know our own culture down to the level of ...
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Chocolate or Coffee?
When authors write about POC, the very last thing they should be worrying about is what word to use to describe a character’s skin color. ...
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I’m a writer, I can just use my imagination
I’ve heard numerous white authors use variations of that phrase when they decide to include characters from marginalized groups in their stories. Writers make things ...
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Patrisse Cullors – BLM co-founder & Social justice warrior
On Feb 9, 2018, I was among thousands of librarians attending the 2018 American Library Association Midwinter conference in Denver, Colorado. Patrtisse Cullors, one of ...
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Team M’Baku
I had never gone to a movie on opening night before. I didn’t pre-order my ticket (I know, shame on me) but I was able ...
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Claudette Colvin – unsung Heroine of Black America –
Almost everyone has heard of Rosa Parks. The name Claudette Colvin remains almost unknown, except by inhabitants of the King Hill neighborhood of Montgomery, Alabama. ...
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KidLitNation Webinar on 1-31-18
Kid Lit Nation (http://kidlitnation.com/) is hosting a webinar on 1-31-18 featuring debut picture book author Baptiste Paul and illustrator Jacqueline Alcantara. For more detailed information ...
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Louder Than A Bomb
I have never been able to write poetry. Not good poetry, anyway. Give me 70,000 plus words to write and I’m happy. Give me 700 ...
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Voice and Ownvoices
I can’t count the number of times I have heard that word used by agents and editors at a writers conference I attended in the ...
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