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About Kate Gale's post, "AWP Is Us"
Eds note: Earlier today, Gale deleted her post at Huffington Post. If you are looking for it, here is a link to download a pdf: AWP Is Us. ____________________________________________Yesterday...
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Dear Claire Kirch,In your article, today, you wrote this about Kate Gale's essay in Huffington Post:The article--which can be seen in full in these screen shots captured by PW--attempted to defend AWP...
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Deborah Wiles, Debbie Reese, and Choosing a Revolution
Eds. note: A couple of people wrote directly to tell me they're having trouble submitting a comment. If you've had trouble, too, please write to me directly and I'll post on your behalf. If you wish to...
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About Christine Taylor-Butler's Facebook Post
On Monday, September 7, 2015, Christine Taylor Butler started a conversation on Facebook by talking about heated conversations that took place over some things that Maggie Stiefvater said about writing...
View ArticleAICL's first look at Rae Carson's WALK THE EARTH A STRANGER
A few weeks ago, I started to hear about Rae Carson's Walk the Earth a Stranger. The first chapters are online. I've started reading the sample chapters today because her book is on the longlist for...
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Librarians launch blog: READING WHILE WHITE
Yesterday (September 15, 2015), a new blog was launched. Titled Reading While White, its contributors are--as the blog title indicates--white. The contributors are librarians who I know personally and...
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Julie Flett Depicts Debbie Reese in TEACHING TOLERANCE
Some weeks ago, Dave Constantin at Teaching Tolerance got in touch with me for an article that came out yesterday: Rewriting History--For the Better. They wanted art for the article and got in touch...
View ArticleA student's question about bias
A few weeks ago, I was at Georgia State's College of Education to talk with professors and students about Native peoples, how we're taught in the curriculum, choosing children's books, etc. A few days...
View ArticleCookie Thomas's CINNAMON AND THE BAT PEOPLE
Cinnamon and the Bat People by Cookie Thomas came out in 2014. Published in London, England by TMC London, here's the synopsis from the publisher's website:A mysterious old woman invites a stranded...
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Using the "Peanutize Me" Avatar to Send a Message
Have you seen the Peanutize Me avatars people are creating? It is a clever promotion for the Peanuts movie due out in November.This morning, author Rene Saldana posted this one on his Facebook page*:"I...
View ArticleWriters: Do not do a Peter Nabokov! Please respect tribal nations and our...
In several places, I've written about the 1800s, when white ethnographers began going to reservations--uninvited--with the intent of documenting our stories. Those ethnographers were outsiders. Did...
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Big News about Hoffman's AMAZING GRACE
Eds. note (10/2/2015): See update at bottom. It appears the change is only to the U.S. edition. In a comment to his post about weeding books, Roger Sutton said that Horn Book just received the 25th...
View ArticleTHE HIRED GIRL by Laura Amy Schlitz
This is one of those posts people are gonna object to because it is one of the "one liners" -- which means that the book has nothing to do with Native people, but there is a line in it that I am...
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Bonnie Bader's WHO WAS CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
October 4, 2015Dear Bonnie Bader, Grosset & Dunlap, and Penguin Young Readers Group,Your book, Who Was Christopher Columbus, published in 2013, has major errors in it (p. 4, Kindle edition):The...
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Beverly Slapin reviews SMUGGLING CHEROKEE by Kim Shuck
Editor's Note: Beverly Slapin's review of Smuggling Cherokee may not be used elsewhere without her written permission. All rights reserved. Copyright 2015. Slapin is currently the publisher/editor of...
View ArticleA Look at Gender Swapping of Native Characters in Meyer's LIFE AND DEATH
Today (October 6, 2016), fans of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga were ecstatic about her new book Life and Death. In it, she "gender swapped" the characters. Bella is now a guy named Beau. Edward is...
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Not recommended: Rae Carson's WALK ON EARTH A STRANGER
First, some basics.Rae Carson's Walk On Earth A Stranger begins in 1849 in Dahlonega, Georgia. The protagonist, 15-year-old Leah Westfall and her parents are living on a plot of land her father got...
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About Meg Rosoff's next book...
Eds. note: Edith Campbell's Facebook page where Meg Rosoff went off on diversity is now set to public view. At the bottom of this post, I am adding links to responses to Rosoff.Last night, friend and...
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An Open Letter to People Who Are Not "Fans" of "Call Out Culture" on Social...
Dear People Who Are Not "Fans of "Call Out Culture" on Social Media,Today (October 13, 2015), The Guardian ran an article on Meg Rosoff's "row" over her remarks on Edith Campbell's Facebook page....
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HUNGRY JOHNNY is Amongst the 2015 Winners at Wordcraft Circle
Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers was founded in 1992. Yesterday, they announced the 2015 Wordcraft Circle Honors and Awards.Among them are ones I've written about here on American...
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