I'm a teacher who writes and a writer who teaches."—Pamela Courtney
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“The young person I am creating for is a younger version of me--a black girl that's into black girl ...
“When I am writing for kids I am imagining someone who like myself has felt that they were at the intersection of ...
“I would hope that my reader understands the power of malleability, that they can be easily reshaped in the midst ...
“When I'm writing, the young person in my mind is teenage me--one of many young black girls looking for herself in ...
“I create now for children because I never want them to stop becoming.”—Daria Peoples
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“As a nonfiction picture book writer, I imagine a reader who is fascinated by the world around him, a reader who ...
“I like to write about kids who realize they were powerful all along."—Adriana De Persia Colón
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Author Padma Venkatraman was a guest faculty member at Gather: A Community Retreat for Published Authors and ...
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“I write for those Native kids who want to see our gods, heroes, relatives and tricksters still walking among us, ...
Author Illustrator Juana Martinez-Neal was a guest faculty member at Gather: A Community Retreat for Published ...
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Graphic novelist and illustrator Gareth Hinds (garethhinds.com) was a guest faculty member at Gather: A Community ...
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