To a Writer of Color--Finding a Place at the Table
After visiting two popular children’s book festivals, I was struck by how frenetic they were. Children rushed from one author to another, collecting autographs, stickers, grabbing candy or other small items on the author’s table designed to catch the child’s attention. If there were authors whom the children knew (usually older children with authors who were writing Young Adult literature), then they seemed to linger and ask the author thoughtful questions. If the author
