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Friday, March 23, 2018

Native American Literary Symposium's 2018 "Welcome" Includes Statement about Sherman Alexie; Public Backlash to American Indian Library Association's Decision to Rescind Alexie's Award

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In 2001, a group of Native writers organized as the Native American Literary Symposium (NALS). As I write, it is in its second day of its 20...
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018

American Indian Library Association Rescinds its 2008 Young Adult Literature Award from Sherman Alexie

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Yesterday, Naomi Bishop, the President of the American Indian Library Association, wrote to AILA's membership to let us know that the Ex...
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Sunday, March 18, 2018

Not Recommended: TOMO EXPLORES THE WORLD (and the TOMO series) by Trevor Lai

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A few days ago, I learned about Tomo Takes Flight by Trevor Lai. Published in 2017 by Imprint/Macbooks.com (Macmillan), it is part of a se...
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Friday, March 16, 2018

Not Recommended: LEGENDS OF THE LOST CAUSES by Brad McLelland and Louis Sylvester

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Legends of the Lost Causes , written by Brad McLelland and Louis Sylvester was released on Feb 20 of 2018 from Henry Holt (Macmillan). I rea...
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Sunday, March 11, 2018

Some Questions for Book Clubs that Select Books Like NEWS OF THE WORLD by Paulette Jiles

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Sometimes, readers of AICL write to me to ask about a book that has been chosen for their book club. The books they ask about are usually ...
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Saturday, March 10, 2018

Indigenous #KidLitWomen

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My contribution to the month-long #KidLitWomen campaign is to lift Indigenous women who have written books for children and teens. If w...
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Saturday, March 03, 2018

Some thoughts on a big word: MYTH

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This post is one that is in-process. A colleague asked me for some resources on the word myth. She's going to be doing a workshop with t...
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