Diversity in Children’s Literature Fellow Nathalie Alonso Talks About Her WhySeptember 6, 2019 | Community Good News, Highlights Foundation News, Latinx Voices“As a nonfiction picture book writer, I imagine a reader who is fascinated by the world around him, a reader who ...
Diversity in Children’s Literature Fellow Adriana De Persia Colón Talks About Her WhySeptember 4, 2019 | Community Good News, Highlights Foundation News, Latinx Voices“I like to write about kids who realize they were powerful all along."—Adriana De Persia Colón We asked Adriana, ...
Juana Martinez-Neal on Creative Leaps and New TechniquesAugust 9, 2019 | Community Good News, Illustration, Inspiration, Latinx VoicesAuthor Illustrator Juana Martinez-Neal was a guest faculty member at Gather: A Community Retreat for Published ...By: Juana Martinez-Neal
Podcast: Angela Dominguez: Finding Inspiration in Family StoriesJune 2, 2019 | Illustration, Latinx Voices, PodcastsAn interview with Angela Dominguez, featured artist for our 2019 Visual Arts Exhibit. Artwork from Angela’s book ...By: Angela Dominguez
Fellows Announced for the 2019-2020 Highlights Foundation Diversity FellowshipMay 14, 2019 | Asian American Voices, Black Voices, Community Good News, Essential Conversations, Highlights Foundation News, Latinx Voices, Muslim StorytellersTen Fellows have been named in the inaugural Highlights Foundation Diversity Fellowship. Working with celebrated ...
We’re SO Proud of Our Faculty 2019 ALA Youth Media Award Winners!January 28, 2019 | Asian American Voices, Black Voices, Community Good News, Latinx Voices, Native CreativesWe had our annual ALA Youth Media Awards viewing party today, in the Barn, and the actual audience in Seattle ...
Launching Our 2019 Visual Arts Exhibit with Angela DominguezJanuary 24, 2019 | Art Wall, Campus Happenings, Latinx Voices, Picture BooksWe are very excited to announce that author/illustrator Angela Dominguez will be the featured artist for our 2019 ...By: Angela Dominguez
Julie Dao and Anna-Marie McLemore on Reimagining Fairy TalesMarch 26, 2018 | Latinx Voices, NovelsI aim to begin each program year having read most (if not all) of our faculty’s new releases. I try my best to go ...By: Anna-Marie McLemoreJulie C. Dao
On Writing Historical Fiction: Marilisa Jiménez García and Donna Jo NapoliJune 2, 2017 | Latinx Voices, NovelsA few weeks back, we hosted 19 folks at our Whole Novel Historical Fiction workshop. Mealtimes were lively with ...By: Marilisa Jiménez GarciaDonna Jo Napoli