Yesterday was my birthday and That Guy, being wonderful, tool me out to dinner at one of my favorite places. Being near one of the fancy malls, they had a Disney Store, and I, as anyone knows, actually like Disney. That Guy had other business around the mall, so I ducked in. Now, I know […]
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Genrequeery
GenreQueery is Up!
I’m SO proud to announce that Genre (Queer)y, the Tumblr blog that I’m co-writing with Katelyn Browne, is up and live! OUR MISSION: WHAT IS GENREQUEERY? GenreQueery is an extension of “GenreQueer: Exploding the Closet,” a panel from YALSA’s YA Lit Symposium in November 2014. Librarians Christie Gibrich and Katelyn Browne moderated a discussion […]
Symposium Sign-Off & Giveaway
So, the YALSA YA Literature Symposium was AH_MA_ZING, and I am still on a high from the sessions- it was by far the most exciting thing and INTENSE as well. Aside from the fact that we were all in the same place (which was wonderful), everything was really tightly focused, all the presenters and sessions […]
Deep in the Heart of Texas- YALSA YA Lit Symposium
I, for one, am completely excited for this weekend. YALSA’s YA Lit Symposium is coming to Austin, and that is close enough to drive- well, at least for That Guy, Willow (our new rescue dog), and me, we love road trips. That Guy and I lived in Austin for the first few years we lived […]
When The Best List Is Wrong
So I’ve been mulling over this article for a while. If you haven’t seen it, it’s called The Top Ten LGBT Characters in Young Adult Literature, written by Madison Gallup in Entertainment Monthly, for Emerson College. It was published on October 20th, and has been popping up in a couple of places that I’m familiar […]
A Higher Standard
I grew up in a sports house. Neither my dad nor anyone on his side played, nor did anyone on my mom’s, but come Sunday, the TV was either on NASCAR or The Bears game. I grew up with Dale “The Intimidator” Earnhardt, Richard Petty, Bill Elliott, and Dale Jarrett. We knew the names and numbers […]
Audacity to Believe
In this week, when we still have riots and need the National Guard in Ferguson, when journalists are beheaded across the sea, and everything seems lost, I take hope in these words. I have to have faith in these words. I have to have the audacity to believe. For if I don’t, how can […]