By Dana L. Davis “Omigosh, Mom. You have to hear this new song,” I gushed on a cool day in November. It was 1996, and I was a senior in high school. I had just discovered music from a show that was headed to Broadway. I should mention it was my favorite time of year. The lush green trees that … [Read more...] about I Wrote a Dark-Skinned Black Girl Like Me Into a Musical Theater Story
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Q&A With Maika and Maritza Moulite, One of the Good Ones
By Alaina Leary Today we’re pleased to welcome Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite to the WNDB blog to discuss their young adult novel One of the Good Ones, out January 5, 2021! When teen social activist and history buff Kezi Smith is killed under mysterious circumstances after attending a … [Read more...] about Q&A With Maika and Maritza Moulite, One of the Good Ones
Skin Deeper: On Publishing A Sister Novel 20 Years Later
By Sharon G. Flake The first book I ever published was The Skin I’m In. The first editor to read it was the one who purchased it. The Skin I’m In went on to win awards and become a classic, read in thousands of classrooms around the world, selected by book clubs, and written about in Ph.D. … [Read more...] about Skin Deeper: On Publishing A Sister Novel 20 Years Later
