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Interview: Claire Kann, author of Let’s Talk About Love

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:10-05:00September 26th, 2017|Categories: Author Interview, New Releases, Publishing People|Tags: asexual, Black, Intersectionality, PoC|

Alice had her whole summer planned. Non-stop all-you-can-eat buffets while marathoning her favorite TV show. The only thing missing from her plan? Her girlfriend (who ended things when Alice told her she's asexual). Alice is done with dating—no thank you, do not pass go, stick a fork in her, done. But when Alice meets Takumi and she can’t stop thinking about him or the rom com-grade romance feels she did not ask for, her blissful summer takes an unexpected turn. Claire Kann is the author of the forthcoming novel Let’s Talk About Love, which comes out January 23, [...]

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The Power of Stories: Saving Lives and Connecting Readers, One Book at a Time
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The Power of Stories: Saving Lives and Connecting Readers, One Book at a Time

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The Power of Stories: Saving Lives and Connecting Readers, One Book at a Time

By Ariel|2020-03-28T13:40:11-05:00June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Author Guest Blog, Guest Blogs, New Releases, Writers on Writing|Tags: Black, Middle Grade, nonbinary, PoC, Queer Girls|

Pride Month Blogathon: Day 10 – Introduction to Pride Month Blogathon by Kheryn Callender I didn't like myself very much when I was younger. I was the only black student in my private school for a few years, and whenever I left my school, which was deep in the countryside where many white people from the states lived, I was surrounded by locals from St. Thomas who thought I acted too snobby, who thought I spoke with a stateside accent because I didn’t love my island, who thought I acted too “white.” It seemed wherever I went, whichever community [...]

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The Queer, Enchanted Girls
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The Queer, Enchanted Girls

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The Queer, Enchanted Girls

By Ariel|2020-03-28T13:40:11-05:00June 20th, 2017|Categories: Author Guest Blog, Guest Blogs, New Releases, Writers on Writing|Tags: Bisexual, Intersectionality, Latinx, PoC, Queer Girls, Speculative|

Pride Month Blogathon: Day 8 – Introduction to Pride Month Blogathon by Anna-Marie McLemore I love fairy tales. I love them so much that even when I don’t mean them to, they find their way into my stories. But my third book, Wild Beauty (October 3), may be the story I’ve written so far that looks, from the outside, most like a fairy tale. It’s a book of secrets, pretty dresses, and magical gardens. It’s the story of a generation of cousins who are both haunted by their family’s legacy and enchanted by their own fierce hearts. It’s also [...]

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Interview: Robin Stevenson, author of PRIDE, a Middle Grade Non-Fiction Book
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Interview: Robin Stevenson, author of PRIDE, a Middle Grade Non-Fiction Book

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Interview: Robin Stevenson, author of PRIDE, a Middle Grade Non-Fiction Book

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:11-05:00June 15th, 2017|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, New Releases, Writers on Writing|Tags: Activism, Middle Grade, Non Fiction|

Pride Month Blogathon: Day 7 - Introduction to Pride Month Blogathon For gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and their supporters, June is a month of pride and celebration, and the high point of that month is the Pride Day Parade. Pride Day is a spectacular and colorful event. But there is a whole lot more to Pride than rainbow flags and amazing outfits. So what exactly are we celebrating on Pride Day? How did this event come to be? And what does Pride mean to the people who celebrate it? Last year at ALA, I got to chat with [...]

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You Do Not Have to Be Good

By Ariel|2020-03-28T13:40:11-05:00June 9th, 2017|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog, Guest Blogs, New Releases, Writers on Writing|Tags: Bisexual, Queer Girls|

Pride Month Blogathon: Day 3 – Introduction to Pride Month Blogathon by Rebecca Podos You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers. Meanwhile the wild [...]

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Interview: Tehlor Kay Mejia, author of When We Set the Dark On Fire

By Daisy|2020-03-28T13:40:13-05:00June 8th, 2017|Categories: Author Interview, New Releases|Tags: Latinx, Queer Girls, Romance|

Pride Month Blogathon: Day 2 - Introduction to Pride Month Blogathon Introductions are always a bit awkward but alas, they're kind of necessary. Lets just start with the basics shall we? My full name is Camila Rodriguez Laureano and I'm a 20 year old bookworm living in the tiny island in the Caribbean known as Puerto Rico. My favorite genres are fantasy (urban, high, you get the drift), New Adult, Adult Historical Fiction and the occasional Contemporary novel. Most people know me as Cam on social media and I'm an active diversity advocate in all of my platforms. [...]

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Even a Little is a Lot: Asexual Representation in YA

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:17-05:00December 16th, 2016|Categories: Author Guest Blog, New Releases, Publishing People, Writers on Writing|Tags: asexual, Dystopia, Speculative|

Asexuality in YA Series: Day #5 Previous Posts: Representing the Asexual Experience by Tabitha O'Connell | My Kind of Normal | What’s So Important About Ace Representation? by Kazul Wolf | Navigating the In-Between: Demisexuality in YA Lit by Dill Werner | Introduction: Asexuality in YA Series by Vee S. The future always seemed bright, but it turns out that was just global warming. Meals don’t come in pills, shoes don’t lace themselves, and there are flying cars, but the gas mileage sucks. There is one difference. People have always searched the internet for answers. Now they actually worship it. Pen Nowen’s father [...]

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We Need Trans Books… But We Really Need Trans Writers

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:18-05:00November 22nd, 2016|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog, New Releases|Tags: New Adult, Trans|

Trans Awareness Week Series: Day #6 Previous Posts: Second Trans on the Moon by Kyle Lukoff, How the Fox Became by Fox Benwell, Interview: Alex Gino, The Room Where it Happens by Parrish Turner, Trans Stories Are Human Stories by April Daniels, Center Trans Voices: Introduction to Trans Awareness Week Series by Vee S.) by Elliot Wake About 0.6% of the population of the United Sates is transgender. Which doesn't sound like much, until you put it another way: 1.4 million people in the US are trans. That's the population of a city like Philadelphia or Phoenix. And it's a conservative estimate: many [...]

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Trans Stories Are Human Stories

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:29-05:00November 15th, 2016|Categories: Author Guest Blog, New Releases|Tags: own voices, Trans|

Trans Awareness Week Series: Day #1 (Previous Posts: Center Trans Voices: Introduction to Trans Awareness Week Series by Vee S.) by April Daniels So, I wrote a book. It’s a good book, and I’m proud of it. But ever since we swung into action marketing it, I’ve been having a lot of Complicated Thoughts about where the YA representation discussion is right now, particularly as it relates to trans people. Dreadnought is being billed as the story of a girl who transitions, abruptly, publicly, and must deal with the consequences. That’s true as far as it goes but what [...]

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Interview: Anna-Marie McLemore, author of When The Moon Was Ours

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:30-05:00October 3rd, 2016|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Book Club, New Releases, Writers on Writing|Tags: Latinx, Magical Realism, PoC, Speculative, Trans|

When I (Vee) was at BEA this Summer, I had the marvelous opportunity to meet and interview Anna-Marie McLemore. We had been chatting about trans & queer YA for a few months on Twitter, so it was LOVELY to be able to meet her in person. Her book When the Moon Was Ours (which is releasing tomorrow!!), is SO amazing ya'll. AND it's our #GayYABookClub read this month, so I have the perfect excuse to make you all read it immediately. :D When the Moon Was Ours follows two characters through a story that has multicultural elements and [...]

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