Today I received a lovely blog post and review from Uma Krishnaswami (a writer whom I much admire and who has done so much to expanding our notions of children’s/ya) about Tell Us We’re Home. What moved me about her post is that she articulated something that I have long felt: after I wrote and published The Professor of Light, I had a sense that I would venture into young adult. I would not abandon the world of adult fiction or nonfiction, but I knew there were many coming of age stories I wanted to tell. For me, writing young adult has enabled me to touch a certain part of myself–a bit less guarded, not yet clapped into adult attitudes, still striving, still yearning. It’s rare to have a reader be so attuned or even cognizant of your own arc and development as a writer–a true gift.
Most Recent Articles & Interviews
"Hitting the Road: How to find Courage to Find New Writing Paths" (Writer's Digest)
Writing We Are All We Have was a humbling experience--learning to let go of the novel I thought I was meant to write, and discovering the novel that did get written.
"From Village to Global Village"
I published this years ago in The Global City Review, but I like to come back to it, as it marks the moment when I was discovering my own credo of writing, of material, while struggling to write my first novel.
"Q & A & Profile of Marina Budhos, author of The Long Ride," Kirkus Reviews.
"Robert Capa & Gerda Taro: Partners in Love and Photography," Interview with Marc Aronson in Guernica.