We have just recently launched our Bimonthly theme on Girl Power and Women’s Wiles. It is pretty cool that we are celebrating women’s voices alongside the kidlit community who is likewise celebrating women’s month.
We are very proud to share with you all our featured academic and story teller for March and April.
Meet the Storyteller: Margarita Engle
Margarita Engle is the very first Latina to have won the Newbery Honor for her novel The Surrender Tree. Fats and I have fallen deeply in love with Margarita‘s novels-in-verse and we have reviewed several of her books when we had our Poetry theme last December (Firefly Letters, The Surrender Tree, Poet Slave of Cuba). We are very honored to have her as our Featured Author for this theme. It is also timely since The Wild Book her latest novel will be out this March. We are hoping to do several interviews with Margarita. I am also excited to do a review of The Wild Book and Hurricane Dancers.Â
Academic Nook: Ninotchka Rosca
It is with great pride and pleasure that we introduce to you our featured Academic for March/April:
Madam Ninotchka Rosca is a Filipina feminist, author, journalist, and human rights activist who is active in AF3IRM, the Mariposa Center for Change, Sisterhood is Global and the initiating committee of the MARIPOSA ALLIANCE (Ma-Al), “a multi-racial, multi-ethnic women’s activist center for understanding the intersectionality of class, race and gender oppressions, toward a more comprehensive practice of women’s liberation” (source here). She is also the author of critically-acclaimed novels State of War and Twice Blessed, the latter winning her the American Book Award in 1993. She currently lives in New York City. We are excited to know about her thoughts on children’s books and fairy tales among others.
We do not have one featured poet for our Poet’s Sanctum. We have decided to feature different women poets who have spoken to us  – so we are also looking forward to this. A great many things in store for us this March and in the coming months – and we look forward to reading your thoughts, comments, input, suggestions. 🙂 What’s going on with you and your blog this March?
Gathering Books 
Sounds exciting!
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Hi TBM. Yup! Good times. 🙂
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Myra, First of all to tell you that I love Brave Irene & have used it in several situations for writing. It is great! Second, thanks for the commenting most recently on my posts. I looked up the cultural book on Amazon-looks really good. It’s such a big choice what to write. Thanks also for the little activity idea about ‘who are you?’. The post I wrote about comfort is similar. It’s great hearing from you Myra. You always have good things to say. Last, but not least, the authors featured today look good. Of course you’ve written about both before, but it’ll still be interesting to do more. Thanks!
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Hi Linda, I’m glad you looked up the book, I’m nearly halfway done with it. Now starting with Patrick Ness’ The Ask and The Answer.
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So excited for this Myra! I’ve been staring wistfully at Firefly Letters for so long!
What a brilliant theme! 🙂
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Thanks Jo! Glad to see you back here. 🙂
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Just discovering Margarita Engle and her wonderful ‘The Wild Book’ which I reviewed recently on my blog http://wp.me/p1nUrn-88 and I look forward to reading more of her work, it is a beautiful oeuvre that I hope a good many people discover, read and share.
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