Each year past Morris Award winners interview current finalists. This year I had a chance to interview S.F. Henson, author of, Devils Within, a book which takes a magnifying glass to white supremacy in its most extreme form. I won't lie, this book made me uncomfortable and raised a lot of questions. It made me uncomfortable, … Continue reading Interview with Morris Finalist S.F. Henson
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Rani Patel in Full Effect is one of those books that isn't polite or nice. Which is good because the issues in this book are not polite or nice; they are open wounds and heartbreak and survival and resilience. I had an opportunity to interview, William C. Morris finalist, and fellow Cinco Puntos author, Sonia Patel. … Continue reading Interview with Morris Finalist Sonia Patel
I love stories about California (my home state) and I love new takes on fairy tale tropes, and so I was super excited to interview Morris Award Finalist Anna-Marie McLemore whose book, The Weight of Feathers, uses California's Central Valley as the backdrop for her magical tale of two feuding families of performers, the Palomas … Continue reading Interview with Morris Finalist-Anna-Marie McLemore
I don't know why it has taken me forever to put this up. I told myself I'd keep up with blogging, but it is quite a task. What with teaching and writing and lying around the house being lazy. Here is a Pan Dulce conversation between Erika T. Wurth, author of Crazy Horse's Girlfriend (if … Continue reading Pan Dulce
2014 was an incredible year for me as a writer. My book was published and...people liked it. My hopes were of course that readers would connect with Gabi, that they'd read about her meth addict father or her comfort eating and say, "Hey! I'm not the only one!" That readers would see themselves in the … Continue reading To the Librarians
So I have been incredibly (happily) busy with promoting the book and with teaching and have not made time to update everyone on what's going on. This is the first segement of my superlate update posts: In September I went to Houston, Texas to the LibroFest (it was my first book festival) with my best … Continue reading LibroFest (super late post)
My first official interview! And with School Library Journal no less! We are definitely moving on up. Constructing a Life | A Conversation with Isabel Quintero.
The last few months have been quite a whirlwind. It feels, to be honest, as though these things–publishing a book, getting book reviews, planning readings–are happening to someone else. As if this is not my life that I am talking about. It feels good (don't get me wrong) but the feeling is fleeting. It's as … Continue reading The Countdown
In the fifth grade, Ms. Laing (the best fifth grade teacher at Garretson elementary and perhaps the world) had us write a scary story. It was around Halloween time and I remember I wanted it to be extra scary. The story ended up being about two girls who go out one night, get lost, and … Continue reading Why I Write: Part One
