Next month we’ll be celebrating Día’s 16th Anniversary. Friends ask me what it’s like to have a teenager again (I’m the mother of three grown children), and I laugh and say, “My teenager belongs to a huge national family of … Continue reading →
Thanks to poet and Pilgrimage editor and publisher Maria Melendez and her Con Tinta colleagues, I enjoyed a wonderful day in Chicago, March 1. The Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) was having its annual conference, and Maria et. al. … Continue reading →
People sometimes ask: do we really need annual observances such as African American History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, El día de los niños/El día de los libros, Children’s Day/Book Day, International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month? YES. Do we … Continue reading →
A few years ago, my escort at the National Book Festival in DC was gracious David Fernández-Barrial. I was intrigued by the specific work he does at the Library of Congress and am delighted that he agreed to participate in … Continue reading →
How wonderful that respected authors and illustrators such as Monica Brown, John Parra , Jeanette Lars on, Cynthia Leitch Smith and René Colato Laínez are going to add their voices to the importance of linking all children and young people to … Continue reading →