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#1000BlackGirlBooks Donation Fund Drive Book List
In Mid-January, a story about 11-year-old Marley Dias and her quest to collection 1000 books about black girls hit the internet. Or maybe the correct phrasing of that is that it hit the internet in...
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This Week at Book Riot
Because I was out of town last weekend for an event — which I’ll write a bit about next week (spoiler alert!) — I didn’t get a chance to do my normal Book Riot post round-up. This week you get two...
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Welcome to About The Girls (#AboutTheGirls) Year 3!
Welcome to the third year of STACKED’s “About The Girls” series. The series launched in 2014 as a means of allowing a space that talked unabashedly about girls, girls in YA lit, female authorship,...
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On Light and Shadows: Guest Post by Christine Heppermann (Poisoned Apples &...
The first of three great guest posts for “About The Girls” comes today from Christine Heppermann and it tackles the all-important issue of shame. Christine Heppermann is the author of Poisoned...
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Girls of the Stories, Stories of the Girls: Guest Post by Samantha Mabry (A...
Today’s piece for “About the Girls” comes from debut author Samantha Mabry. Her novel, A Fierce and Subtle Poison, hits shelves April 12. I read it a few weeks ago, and I couldn’t shake the story...
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Permission Granted: Guest Post by EK Johnston (Exit, Pursued By A Bear, A...
The final guest post in “About the Girls” this year is from EK Johnston. After reading Exit, Pursued By A Bear, her most recent novel, I had expressed a few questions that felt left open for me as a...
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Own Your Voice & Share Your Story: The Lady Project & Wrapping Up “About The...
A recent college graduate approached me two weeks ago to thank me for the workshop I gave at The Lady Project Summit. To anyone who has ever presented or talked in front of a group, it’s pretty...
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Defining The “Strong Girl” in YA: A Guest Post from Anna Breslaw
Today launches a week-long series that began as an exploration of girls and reading, asking the question “what About The Girls?” This year’s take on the series goes a little bit in a different...
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“I Push That Voice Down”: Lilliam Rivera on Body Image & Appearance for...
Welcome to the week-long celebration of feminism! This series, which began its life as “About The Girls,” has expanded this year to highlight broader issues of feminism and social justice. Guest...
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Girls Can Be Anything: Guest Post from Megan McCafferty for #HereWeAre
Today’s guest post for “About The Girls”/#HereWeAre is from one of my long-time favorite authors, from wayyy back into my own teen hood: Megan McCafferty! Megan McCafferty has written about...
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