Parenthetical

Remember how John Green was starting his tour at my school? They changed the venue to the public middle school nearby, which was a good call, because it was way bigger than our auditorium. But I still got to volunteer, and my students and colleagues still got to attend, with fancy reserved seats in the [...]

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Oh! I can’t believe I haven’t announced this here! John Green (author of An Abundance of Katherines, Looking for Alaska, and Paper Towns) has a new book coming out: The Fault in Our Stars. Such a big, anticipated release needs a tour, of course. Tours, as we all know, need venues. (You see where I’m [...]

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Growing up, my brother and I were both obsessed with Chris Van Allsburg. The Mysteries of Harris Burdick was a favorite, as it is for so many kids beloved of their imaginations. A collection of magical images dropped off at a publisher by the mysterious Harris Burdick (so the legend goes), each with only a [...]

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I’m home! And bailing on my 10-year college reunion because I now have a weird flu or something. (I blame the Javits Center; it’s like a Vegas casino without the neon and free drinks.) So I’m fairly woozy and exhausted, as I’m sure this recap will reflect. Most of all, this conference was about putting [...]

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Everybody admire my business cards: Ooooh… BEA/Book Blogger Con, here I come!

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In February I wrote about Bitch Magazine’s 100 YA Books for the Feminist Reader. A week and a half ago, Arianna of Wandering Librarians and I went to a response discussion at Simmons College (our library school alma mater), entitled “What Is a Feminist Reader?” Here’s her far more prompt write-up. Christy Lusiak, counselor and [...]

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I just registered for the Book Blogger Convention (part of Book Expo America in NYC on May 27. So excited! If you’ll also be there, please say hi! I can’t wait to meet everyone and geek out for a couple of days in person.

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In two weeks I’ll be heading to the Simmons College Children’s Literature Summer Institute. Three days of talks by and schmoozing with fabulous authors, editors, and other people working in the children’s lit field (not to mention some dear friends). So excited! I realized that I’m unfamiliar with the work of a number of people [...]

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