Quote of the Week
It is long past time for the industry to move past concerns over what–if anything–dominant voices lose when publishers actually choose to publish and promote minority voices over dominant ones. It is long past time to move past that old debate of who-can-write. Moving past that debate means I want to see publishers actually doing what Lasky feared so that more books by minority writers are actually published.
— by Debbie Reese,
from American Indians in Children’s Literature
Cultures – Insiders, Outsiders, Tangled Knots
Deborah Wiles, Debbie Reese, and Choosing a Revolution by Debbie Reese — from American Indians in Children’s Literature
A Tumblr Post about Writing the Other by Maggie Stiefvater — from Content of Maggie Stiefvater’s Brain
A Tumbler Post Response about Maggie Stiefvater’s Tumblr Post — from La Lune Rousse
A Response to Colten Hibbs and Maggie Stiefvater on Writing the Other by B R Sanders — from Clatter and Clank
The White Poet Who Used an Asian Pseudonym to Get Published Is a Cheater, Not a Crusader by Katy Waldman — from Slate
Sherman Alexie Speaks Out on The Best American Poetry 2015 by Sherman Alexie from The Best American Poetry Blog
News, Awards, Authors
Marvel’s First Native American Hero Is Getting A Standalone Comic Series by James Whitbrook — from io9
Lee & Low Books: New Visions Award (Deadline 10/31/2015) — from Lee & Low Books
First WNDB Short Story Winners — from We Need Diverse Books
2016 Spring and Summer Favorites? by Nina Lindsay — from Heavy Medal/SLJ
Alex Gino on Debut Novel, “George”, and the Importance of Transgender Voices in the Kid Lit World by Kiera Parrott — from School Library Journal
Goodreads YA Interview – Andrew Smith on Alex Crow
Fairrosa Cyber Library 