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• Writers Against Racism: Shift Happens at PoCC

  Before I start with how today unfolded with the workshops I attended, and the books I purchased, I wanted to draw your attention to a vid... [...]
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  Fetched: December 04, 2009, 10:01pm EST
  

• Writers Against Racism: PoCC Coverage and John Quiñones

  There was so much happening during the morning ceremonies that I tried - ever so hard - to capture the essence of The People of Colo... [...]
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  Fetched: December 04, 2009, 7:02am EST
  

• Writers Against Racism: PoCC Opening Ceremonies

  I made it to Denver safely, and if you look closely at my picture, you'll see pain in my eyes. Carting my bags through the Denver airport...' [...]
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  Fetched: December 03, 2009, 10:03am EST
  

• Writers Against Racism: Moving Mountains in Denver

  I am just a few hours away from boarding a plane to Denver, CO., to attend the 2009 People of Color Conference - whose th... [...]
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  Fetched: December 02, 2009, 4:03pm EST
  

• Writers Against Racism: Beyond Freedom by Patricia Q. Wall

  Recently released, Beyond Freedom (Fall Rose Books, November 25, 2009) by Patricia Q. Wall should hopefully find its way into America... [...]
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  Fetched: November 29, 2009, 4:01pm EST
  

• Writers Against Racism: DUCK FOR TURKEY DAY

  If you want to spice up your Thanksgiving Day festivities, do visit A Patchwork of Books blog . Book reviewer, Amanda, is the w... [...]
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  Fetched: November 22, 2009, 4:02pm EST
  

• Writers Against Racism: Books by LUCHA CORPI

  "Bronzeword: Championing the Diversity and Excellence of Latino Literature." -Jo Ann Hernandez from BronzeWord Latino Authors ... [...]
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  Fetched: November 22, 2009, 4:02pm EST
  

• Writers Against Racism: Reading Lists For Grades 9-12

  In an effort to get these W.A.R. Reading Lists into more schools, the title of my posts will have to be searchable by using effective keywords... [...]
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  Fetched: November 19, 2009, 10:02pm EST
  

• Writers Against Racism: Why?

  Do you think book publishers are aware (or even care), how people like me interpret their catalogs? I'll also note that th...' [...]
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  Fetched: November 17, 2009, 10:03pm EST
  

• Writers Against Racism: Shelton Johnson

  "Race is the core of this history, the heart of this history," he said. "It shows that the national parks are as much a cultural res..." [...]
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  Fetched: November 13, 2009, 7:03pm EST
  

• Writers Against Racism: Ebony Joy Wilkins

  Ebony Joy Wilkins is a writer and educator. She is the author of SELLOUT (July 2010 Scholastic Press). Briefly describe the impact racism had... [...]
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  Fetched: November 10, 2009, 4:02pm EST
  

• Writers Against Racism: Students & Eracisim

  *CLICK HERE IF YOUR VIDEO PLAYER DOESN'T WORK* A group of library information students gathered for a virtual debate to discuss the effects ...' [...]
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  Fetched: November 09, 2009, 7:02pm EST
  

• Writers Against Racism: Carole Boston Weatherford

  Carole Boston Weatherford is the award-winning author of more than 30 books, including Becoming Billie Holiday, Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her ... [...]
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  Fetched: November 03, 2009, 7:03pm EST
  

• Writers Against Racism: Bowllan's Mailbag

  Dear Amy, I so much enjoy your blog on SLJ. I remember that you wrote a great piece about CLAUDETTE COLVIN: TWICE TOWARDS JUSTICE last spr... [...]
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  Fetched: November 02, 2009, 4:02am EST
  

• Writers Against Racism: Am I a NERD?

  When I was a little girl, reading The Diary of Anne Frank, I saw myself as Anne. I did not see her color, nor did I see... [...]
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  Fetched: October 30, 2009, 7:02am EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Teri Woods

  How could an innocent book release party turn into another chapter in our W.A.R. series? Read on... (photo comes via Hachette Book... [...]
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  Fetched: October 26, 2009, 4:03pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Linda Brown

  The impact of racism as a young person: My first experience was in kindergarten when I realized that my hair was "different &quot..." [...]
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  Fetched: October 23, 2009, 1:02pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Christine Taylor-Butler

  Christine Taylor-Butler lives in Kansas City with her husband and two daughters. She believes that every child is born with unique gifts to share. ... [...]
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  Fetched: October 23, 2009, 1:02pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Gaylia Taylor

  Gaylia is a retired teacher with thirty-one years of experience and is the author of George Crum and the Saratoga Chip ( Lee & Low Books) ... [...]
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  Fetched: October 23, 2009, 1:02pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Shane W. Evans

  Shane W. Evans is a multi-talented artist and visionary who combines his world travels with his art to influence creative expressi... [...]
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  Fetched: October 23, 2009, 1:02pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: M. LaVora Perry

  M. LaVora Perry’s MG, Taneesha Never Disparaging, is the first novel ever released by the Dalai Lama’s publisher, Wisdom Publications (... [...]
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  Fetched: October 23, 2009, 1:02pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Eleanora E.Tate

  Eleanora E.Tate, author of eleven contemporary fiction, biographies, and historical fiction, brings an authentic “neighborhoods and communiti... [...]
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  Fetched: October 23, 2009, 1:02pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Malathi Michelle Iyengar

  Janet del Mundo, a sales and marketing manager from Children's Book Press sent the following e-mail to me: Amy, One of our books/autho... [...]
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  Fetched: October 23, 2009, 1:02pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Kelly Starling Lyons

  Kelly Starling Lyons is the author of One Million Men and Me (Just Us Books, 2007), NEATE: Eddie's Ordeal (Just Us Books, 2004) and two forth... [...]
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  Fetched: October 23, 2009, 1:02pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Paula Chase-Hyman

  Paula Chase’s Del Rio Bay series helped launch Kensington Books YA line in 2007. It’s among the first of a growing numbe... [...]
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  Fetched: October 23, 2009, 1:02pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

  Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich's debut novel, 8th GRADE SUPERZERO, is out January 1, 2010 (Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic). &nbsp... [...]
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  Fetched: October 23, 2009, 1:02pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Quotes To Learn From

  "I want to create a change, to show the publishing companies that we want to see more YA books about people of color with colorful faces on th..." [...]
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  Fetched: October 23, 2009, 1:02pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Quotes

  This is the first installment of quotes from the W.A.R. series. There is MORE (much more) to come... These quotes serve as great ... [...]
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  Fetched: October 23, 2009, 1:02pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Linda Trice

  Linda Trice is the author of KENYA'S WORD (Charlesbridge Publishers). Briefly describe the impact racism had on you as a young person. ...' [...]
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  Fetched: October 23, 2009, 1:02pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Peter Marino

  Peter Marino is an English professor at Adirondack Community College in Queensbury, New York where he teaches writing, speech, and the... [...]
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  Fetched: September 30, 2009, 7:04pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Anna Levine

  Anna Levine began her studies at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec and received her MA in English Literature from the Hebrew Unive... [...]
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  Fetched: September 29, 2009, 4:04pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Alex Sanchez

  Alex Sanchez is the author of the Rainbow Boys trilogy, as well as the Lambda Award-winning middle-grade novel So Hard to Say. His latest novel is ... [...]
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  Fetched: September 28, 2009, 4:35pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Uma Krishnaswami

  Uma Krishnaswami was born in India and now lives and writes in northwest New Mexico. She is the author of a dozen books for young re... [...]
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  Fetched: September 27, 2009, 1:04pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Tony Medina

  Tony Medina is Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Howard University. Briefly describe the impact racism had on you as a young person. ... [...]
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  Fetched: September 26, 2009, 1:01pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Vanessa Irvin Morris

  Vanessa Irvin Morris carries over 20 years’ experience serving in libraries: academic, special, school media, and public. Her research inte... [...]
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  Fetched: September 23, 2009, 4:02pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Brent Hartinger

  Let's face it: if there's one thing that racism isn't about, it's reason. If it was, we'd have eliminated it by now. Racism, of ... [...]
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  Fetched: September 22, 2009, 4:02pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Carla Pacis

  (((DUE TO THE OVERWHELMING INTEREST IN W.A.R., MORE AND MORE WRITERS ARE SHARING THEIR STORIES - SO THE SERIES WILL CONTINUE!))) Racism isn't so...' [...]
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  Fetched: September 18, 2009, 7:02pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Doret's K-12 Reading List

  Do you remember Doret's profile on W.A.R.? "Doret has always loved reading. She’s been a bookseller for almost 1..." [...]
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  Fetched: September 17, 2009, 1:02am EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Hispanic Heritage Month

  Tomorrow begins Hispanic Heritage Month! I have no doubt that teachers and librarians are adorning their bulletin boards, and p... [...]
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  Fetched: September 14, 2009, 10:02pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: The Blogroll

  Fear not! The Writers Against Racism series has not ended. For me, it feels like there are so many knots to untangle, and so much to ... [...]
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  Fetched: September 13, 2009, 10:01am EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Amy Bodden Bowllan

  Amy Bodden Bowllan is the writer of Bowllan's Blog, at School Library Journal's website. She's also the author of T... [...]
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  Fetched: September 11, 2009, 1:01am EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: George E. Stanley

  George E. Stanley is professor of African and Middle-Eastern Languages and Linguistics Department of English and Foreign Languages Camer... [...]
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  Fetched: September 10, 2009, 4:02am EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Zetta Elliott

  Born in Canada, Zetta Elliott moved to Brooklyn in 1994 to pursue her PhD in American Studies at NYU. Her poetry and essays have... [...]
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  Fetched: September 09, 2009, 10:02am EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Bobby Rivers

  Veteran network TV performer Bobby Rivers has a smart, comical style that earned him solid reviews from The New York Times, People Magaz... [...]
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  Fetched: September 08, 2009, 10:03pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Varian Johnson

  Varian Johnson is the author of My Life as a Rhombus (Flux, 2008) and the forthcoming Saving Maddie (Delacorte, 2010). Br... [...]
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  Fetched: September 08, 2009, 7:01am EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: David Yoo

  David Yoo is a graduate from Skidmore College with an MA from the University of Colorado-Boulder. His first novel, Girls For Breakfast (... [...]
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  Fetched: September 07, 2009, 7:02pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Vincent Schilling

  Vincent Schilling is a St. Regis Mohawk, an Award-Winning Native American author and a Freelance Photojournalist. His first book, Native... [...]
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  Fetched: September 07, 2009, 1:02pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Tanita S. Davis

  Tanita S. Davis is the author of A LA CARTE, Knopf 2008, and MARE’S WAR, Knopf 2009. She enjoyed teaching and working with teens in ... [...]
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  Fetched: September 06, 2009, 10:01pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Mitali Perkins

  Mitali Perkins (www.mitaliperkins.com) was born in Kolkata, India and immigrated at age seven to the States with her family. She studied politi... [...]
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  Fetched: September 06, 2009, 1:01pm EDT
  

• Writers Against Racism: Francisco Stork

  Francisco Stork’s third novel, Marcelo in the Real World, (Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic, March, 2009) Marcelo in the Real... [...]
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  Fetched: September 05, 2009, 7:01pm EDT