October 7, 2016
Long Lists, Scholarships, Rock Star Librarians, and Meat: What my last three weeks looked like
Like everyone else, I'm glued to CNN and hoping for people's safety this morning. I've been on the move and squeezed with family health things, too, so I've had very little time left to write many blog posts. Here's a wrap up of favorite moments of the last few weeks. Award news: First, here's an article on Tumblr regarding all the long list titles on this year's National Book Award. The question was, Who did you write this book for? Burn Baby Burn didn't advance to the short list. (Yes, that's me sniffling...) But here's what all the authors on the long list had to say about their books last week. Scholarships: If you're an aspiring author or an author early in your career, a reminder to consider applying for the Meg Medina Scholarship at Highlights Foundation. Applications are due by Dec 15. Here's the link with information and background on the award. (The how-to is at the end.) With Marilisa at NCTE 2015 Related to Highlights, I also want to share a sweet blog post by Dr. Marilisa Jimenez, a Pura Belpré scholar who joined me at Highlights last month. She started work on a pretty compelling article and used the time to talk through some of her ideas. Check out the research she's doing on YA literature in the US and trauma/displacement in immigrant Latino communities. I love to follow Marilisa's work because (1) she's usually laying the groundwork for research about Latino literature that hasn't been done before, and (2) she's passionate about the topic from a…