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A guest post by Iliana Rocha: Follow @la_ilianarocha ◊ I’ve been thinking a lot lately about poetry & its relationship to community, & the place I keep arriving at is that, for me, poetry is community. One of the questions I get asked the most is why I turned to the genre in the first place:…
via A ‘Wish for Someplace Else’: Latinx Poetry As Community — Read Diverse Books
For many, Parks was the quiet seamstress and mother of the Civil Rights Movement when in fact, she was so much more.As a child she listened to her grandfather, who admired the teachings of Marcus Garvey, tell stories of a unification and empowerment of black people. Hearing these stories of struggle,…
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Pura Belpé Awards. Starting in the spring, we began shining a spotlight on the winners. This post features the beautiful and imaginative illustration work of Stephanie Garcia for Snapshots from the Wedding, a delightful picture book written by Gary Soto, and the winner of the 1998 Pura Belpré […]
Today I want to welcome Felipe Oliva Arrigada, a journalist and writer all the way from Chile. He cares deeply about issues of social justice and loves superheroes and comics. Read my Q&A with the author and if you’re a Spanish-speaker, check out his awesome book Dragon Army! Q&A with Felipe Oliva Arriagada – RDB:…
via Q&A With Chilean Author Felipe Oliva Arriagada — Read Diverse Books
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August’s book of the month for the #DSFFBookClub was The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle, which is a direct response and subversion of H.P. Lovecraft’s short story, The Horror at Red Hook. To fully appreciate and understand LaValle’s novella, I think it’s important that one reads Red Hook. However, you will not have any fun while reading…
via Thoughts: The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle | #DSFFBookClub — Read Diverse Books
One of the goals I have set for myself and for my blog going forward is to make more connections with authors and publishers. Initially I only watched them from a distance, mostly on Twitter. Following their conversations and learning about their projects was very exciting, and even this tenuous connection allowed me to see them…
via Interview: Lucina Stone, Author of “Santa Muerte” — Read Diverse Books
for a complete list of this years MG/YA books by Native American and Authors of Color click here. Born Bright by C. Nicole Mason; St. Martin’s Press. While showing us her own path out of poverty, Mason examines the conditions that make it nearly impossible to escape and exposes the presumption harbored by many―that the […]
It’s always a pleasure to feature award-winning author Renée Watson. Her powerful books include This Side of Home, Harlem’s Little Blackbird, A Place Where Hurricanes Happen, What Momma Left Me and the forthcoming Piecing Me Together. Today, we’re honored to share another side of her – visionary and advocate. Renée’s dream is to lease and renovate […]
Shortly after I started reading e.E. Charlton-Trujillo’s When We Was Fierce (WWWF), whose release has been postponed due the incredible and critical work of Edith Campbell, Jennifer Baker, K.T. Horning, and Zetta Elliott, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile were killed by police. I already had a difficult time getting through the novel in verse […]
via Guest Post: What Does When We Was Fierce Mean for Latinx Kids? — Crazy QuiltEdi
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