Bookish

I love books — reading, writing, and talking about them on my author interview Instagram Live series, like this recent conversation with Kao Kalia Yang, a Hmong American teacher, speaker, and writer whose books, in her words, “center Hmong children and families who dream, hurt, and hope in our world” contending with the “narratives we are given and the ones we give.” We covered so much in this conversation, including her latest extraordinary children’s book, THE BLUE HOUSE I LOVED, but also how children’s literature can include complex stories that help nurture better adults.

Here are a few other authors I’ve connected with:

Kate McKean, agent and author of WRITE THROUGH IT: AN INSIDER’S GUIDE TO PUBLISHING AND THE CREATIVE LIFE.

Sameer Pandya, author of OUR BEAUTIFUL BOYS, MEMBERS ONLY, and THE BLIND WRITER.

Kimberly King Parsons, author of WE WERE THE UNIVERSE and BLACK LIGHT.

Crissy Van Meter, author of CREATURES.

Nayantara Roy, author of THE MAGNIFICENT RUINS.

Omar El Akkad, author of ONE DAY EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS, AMERICAN WAR, and WHAT STRANGE PARADISE.

Laura Warrell, author of SWEET, SOFT, PLENTY RHYTHM.

Lindsay Dahl, author of CLEANING HOUSE: The Fight to Rid Our Homes of Toxic Chemicals.

Ren Cedar Fuller, author of BIGGER.

Valerie Laken, author of DREAM HOUSE and SEPARATE KINGDOMS.

Stephanie Sprenger, author of the forthcoming NOSTALGIA JUNKIE!

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