By: Beth Kephart ,
on 10/10/2011
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By: Jama Rattigan,
on 7/21/2008
Here are some random tidbits for your picnic basket:
First, thank you thank you thank you to Tarie of Into the Wardrobe for awarding alphabet soup a 2008 Brilliante Weblog Premio! I am humbled and honored to be mentioned in the same list as Just One More Book, Brooklyn Arden, and Bloomabilities.
Have you read Marjorie Coughlan's fabulous interview with Jen Robinson over at papertigers.org? Lots of insight and inspiration, with Jen explaining why books, reading, and literacy mean so much to her and what she hopes to accomplish with her fabulous blog, Jen Robinson's Book Page. I am totally blown away by her commitment and dedication.Make sure to read this post about writing YA by tadmack at Finding Wonderland. You probably know there is a lot of discussion going on in the kidlit blogosphere right now about the stigma YA literature seems to carry in the publishing world. Many bloggers are responding to a recent New York Times article by Margo Rabb, "I'm Y.A., and I'm O.K.," including LJ's Little Willow (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
slayground) and David Lubar (davidlubar).
Colleen Mondor is rounding up other reactions and opinions at Chasing Ray. She has also designated this week as a time for everyone to post about any issues or concerns they have about children's and young adult publishing, so check back every day for updates.Interesting discussion about verse novels in the comments of this recent Poetry Friday post by Sara Lewis Holmes (Read*Write*Believe). I especially liked David Elzey's comment, written from the POV of a 13-year-old boy.
Have a great week!
By: Betsy Bird,
on 1/16/2007
And while we're looking at the works of other bloggers out there, I was rather taken with a Finding Wonderland piece looking back at the Cybils and the course of reviewing in and of itself.
It also happens to have a little link to getting one's aristocratic title. Here's mine:
 | My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Lady Madame Betsy the Euphonious of Fishbourne Sneething Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title |
My pleasure, Beth! You Are My Only reaches beyond the marketing boundaries of YA/adult fiction. Sophie's voice conveys the immediacy of adolescent experience; in Emmy's voice there is the hard-won wisdom of adulthood. The book is like a poetic prism that reveals the spectrum of human experience, the damage and repair that comes after loss. So, so well done!
xo