Linkage first:

The Wall Street Journal Article by Meghan Cox Gurdon.

Responses by:

Laurie Halse Anderson: As always, Laurie's analysis is complete, denying neither how hard it is to be a teen, or to be a parent. She's also spot on about the difference between reportage and op-ed, which Gurdon's article clearly is.

Kyle Cassidy: I especially like the ( Read more... )

 
I've had book challenges on my mind since last week, when I learned that Cheryl Rainfield's Scars was being challenged in Boone County, Tenn. (If you hadn't heard about this, here's Cheryl's original post and her follow-ups 1, 2 and 3). ) If you follow me on Twitter and Facebook, you know I'm a staunch supporter of Speak Loudly, because I believe ( Read more... )

The last of my prizes arrived in time for me to take it along when HH and I went to Montreal a week ago.


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 For years I said my lucky number was 13, using the most sarcastic voice possible. I didn't win things. Sometimes I achieved things through a helluva lot of hard work. But I didn't win.

I can't really say that any more, because:

1) On September 1, I won a Speak Up T-shirt and a signed ARC of Chains from Laurie Halse Anderson, who is one of my writer ( Read more... )

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