By Kelly McWilliams Iβm the author of a book called Your Plantation Prom is Not Okay, and it had just gone into copyedits when friends started texting me about Benniferβs very-much-not-okay plantation wedding in August 2022. Because I, along with the rest of America, was rooting for Bennifer, I … [Read more...] about Why Plantation Celebrations Keep (Violently) Breaking Our Hearts
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Q&A With Author Claribel A. Ortega & Editor Kiara Valdez, Frizzy
By JoAnn Yao Frizzy is an upcoming graphic novel written by Claribel A. Ortega and illustrated by Rose Bousamra, out October 18, 2022! We're delighted to welcome Claribel and editor Kiara Valdez to the WNDB blog to discuss this moving middle grade story about the thorny subject of "good hair," … [Read more...] about Q&A With Author Claribel A. Ortega & Editor Kiara Valdez, Frizzy
Q&A With Kelly McWilliams, Mirror Girls
By Michele Kirichanskaya Today we're pleased to welcome Kelly McWilliams to the WNDB blog to discussΒ Mirror Girls, which came out on February 8, 2022! As infants, twin sisters Charlie Yates and Magnolia Heathwood were secretly separated after the brutal lynching of their parents, who died for … [Read more...] about Q&A With Kelly McWilliams, Mirror Girls
