By Christine Lively Today we're pleased to welcome Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin to the WNDB blog to discuss their new book Ain't Burned All the Bright, which came out January 11, 2022! Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerally … [Read more...] about Q&A With Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin, Ain’t Burned All the Bright
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Q&A with Janet Wong, Good Luck Gold & More
By Lynn Lawrence-Brown Today we’re thrilled to welcome Janet Wong to the WNDB blog to discuss Good Luck Gold & More. Good Luck Gold & More is a collection of 42 poems accompanied with thought-provoking reflections of each poem’s “story behind the story” or the “story after the … [Read more...] about Q&A with Janet Wong, Good Luck Gold & More
Q&A with Amber McBride, Me (Moth)
By Chinelo Ikem Today we’re pleased to welcome Amber McBride to the WNDB blog to discuss Me (Moth). Me (Moth) is a YA novel written in verse. Having read it, I can say this book has a very poetic quality to it. In fact, it’s almost like reading a collection of poems. You received your … [Read more...] about Q&A with Amber McBride, Me (Moth)
Q&A With Aracelis Girmay and Ariana Fields, What Do You Know?
By Michele Kirichanskaya Today we’re pleased to welcome Aracelis Girmay and Ariana Fields to the WNDB blog to discuss What Do You Know? Congratulations on your latest book, What Do You Know? Could you please tell the readers a little about what the book’s about? AF: Thank you so much. … [Read more...] about Q&A With Aracelis Girmay and Ariana Fields, What Do You Know?
All the Ways I Learned to Become the Night Sky as a Muslim Teen
This guest blog is by Salihah ‘Sasa’ Aakil, one of the authors of I Am the Night Sky, a collection of poems, essays, artwork, and stories by 10 Muslim American teens that explore what it means to be young and Muslim in America today. The book was published by Shout Mouse Press, a DC-based nonprofit … [Read more...] about All the Ways I Learned to Become the Night Sky as a Muslim Teen
