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‘Traverse Talks’ Episode 12: Becky Albertalli & Scott Leadingham On Literature Helping Form Identity

By Gabriel del Rosario June 8, 2021

Author Becky Albertalli with her book collection.

In this unique episode of "Traverse Talks with Sueann Ramella," NWPB's Scott Leadingham interviews author Becky Albertalli. The two talk about identity, representation of LGBTQIA+ books in school libraries, and how people come out and present themselves to the world. Read More

BOOK REVIEW: A Bullied Kid Finds Unconventional Freedom In ‘Heaven’

By NPR News May 25, 2021

Heaven is a raw, painful, and tender portrait of adolescent misery, reminiscent of both Elena Ferrante's fiction and Bo Burnham's 2018 film Eighth Grade. I cannot, in good conscience, endorse it without a warning: This book is very likely to make you cry. Read More

BOOK REVIEW: In ‘Nubia: Real One,’ Trying To Be A Hero When Society Thinks You’re A Threat

By NPR News February 22, 2021

Nubia: Real One doesn't take place on Wonder Woman's home island Themyscira, but somewhere in modern-day America — though a modern-day America in which superheroes are a real thing. And Nubia is not an adult woman warrior who knows who and what she is (as she did when she first appeared in 1973's Wonder Woman Vol. 1 #204), no. This is McKinney's take on Nubia for real. Read More

Author Leah Johnson On Being Young, Black, Queer And In Love

By NPR News February 14, 2021

The cover of You Should See Me In A Crown.

Johnson says she wrote You Should See Me in a Crown for her readers, yes, but also for herself: "I wanted to remind myself that it is possible to be Black and queer and from where you're from, and still get all the best things out of life." Continue Read More

‘Traverse Talks’ Episode 12: Becky Albertalli & Scott Leadingham On Literature Helping Form Identity

BOOK REVIEW: A Bullied Kid Finds Unconventional Freedom In ‘Heaven’

BOOK REVIEW: In ‘Nubia: Real One,’ Trying To Be A Hero When Society Thinks You’re A Threat

Author Leah Johnson On Being Young, Black, Queer And In Love

BOOK REVIEW: Finding A Voice And Coming To Terms With A Stutter In ‘I Talk Like A River’

In The Poppy War Book Series, R.F. Kuang Asks: ‘What If Mao Was A Teenage Girl?’

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Flamer’ Offers Real Hope — Not Just Rainbows — To Queer Kids

Take ‘The Unadoptables’ Home For A Rollicking Adventure

‘I Want Teens To Recognize Their Own Power’: Questions For Young Adult Author Liara Tamani

BOOK REVIEW: In ‘She Could Fly,’ A Teen Wrestles With A Host Of Psychological Mysteries