Read a profile of Mark Oshiro on the WNDB blog here! By Mark Oshiro In the writing community, we often seem to be split right down the middle when it comes to editing. About half of us prefer drafting, while others prefer editing. I remain one of the few people I know who likes a dreaded third … [Read more...] about Rewriting as Discovery
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How Young Adult Literature Can Help Biracial Teens Find Themselves
By Ismée Williams One of the reasons I love to read YA fiction is that the characters resonate. They face the same struggles of the human experience we all face, struggles we remember, one of the most important of which is figuring out where you belong—finding your place and your pack. This can … [Read more...] about How Young Adult Literature Can Help Biracial Teens Find Themselves
Why Yusef Salaam and Ibi Zoboi Collaborated on Punching the Air
By Ibi Zoboi and Dr. Yusef Salaam Yusef Salaam was fifteen years old when he followed a few of his friends into Central Park on a warm April evening in 1989. He’d been doing what he’d always done as a teen growing up in New York City. We both remember what us kids used to call just hanging out … [Read more...] about Why Yusef Salaam and Ibi Zoboi Collaborated on Punching the Air
