One never knows how a book will fare until it finally appears after years of work. MANGER (Eerdmans), illustrated by Helen Cann, got off to a roaring start. Published in September, the first edition print run was gone by November. Promotion was widespread: A terrific blog...
I met Daniel Handler, also known as Lemony Snickett, only once - at a conference - at the height of his popularity having written his "...
Time is once upon, upon again. Where does it go? Better yet, why doesn't some of it stay? NO! Can't be NO-vember. Yet it is. I oft reread a quote from the brilliant Tennessee Williams: "Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes...
Renee LaTulippe and I continue our NCTE Poet Series. Forthcoming is an interview about the work of the incredible Lilian Moore whose wordplay was as unique as she was. We also did introductory work on Arnold Adoff and Valerie Worth all to be posted in...
This post is not about Walter's incredible literary accomplishments; it is about my relationship with one of the greatest human beings one could encounter in life. We met in the late l960's when I worked at Bank Street College at a research center on l25th Street-smack...
