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From: Greg Leitich Smith <greg_at_gregleitichsmith.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 16:24:51 -0600
As an author of color married to an author of color, I was going to toss in my two sense, and then realized that most of what I was going to say I'd said in a blog interview at Cynsations a couple years back (Scroll about halfway down to the two questions beginning with "There's been some discussion in the kidlitosphere of the need for more books that feature protagonists and main characters of color, especially in areas like speculative fiction where they're particularly underrepresented. How is that kind of diversity reflected in your story, and what is your thinking---as a reader and a writer---on this topic?"):
http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2012/03/author-interview-giveaway-greg-leitich.html
Also, Cynthia has some related thoughts here:
http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2013/02/secret-asian-man-yoshi-kitahara-feral.html
Greg
On 2/5/2014 3:59 PM, Ehbluemle wrote:
> As some of you know, this is a topic whose importance I feel trumps just about any conversation we could have regarding children's literature, publishing, reading, and teaching.
>
> There is so much to say, but I want to address one small but key point in the most recent exchange, and that is the issue of identity in books.
>
> I maintain a LibraryThing.com database of more than 950 children's books (baby to YA) published in the U.S. that feature main characters of color where race is *not* the driving force of the story.
>
>
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 16:24:51 -0600
As an author of color married to an author of color, I was going to toss in my two sense, and then realized that most of what I was going to say I'd said in a blog interview at Cynsations a couple years back (Scroll about halfway down to the two questions beginning with "There's been some discussion in the kidlitosphere of the need for more books that feature protagonists and main characters of color, especially in areas like speculative fiction where they're particularly underrepresented. How is that kind of diversity reflected in your story, and what is your thinking---as a reader and a writer---on this topic?"):
http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2012/03/author-interview-giveaway-greg-leitich.html
Also, Cynthia has some related thoughts here:
http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2013/02/secret-asian-man-yoshi-kitahara-feral.html
Greg
On 2/5/2014 3:59 PM, Ehbluemle wrote:
> As some of you know, this is a topic whose importance I feel trumps just about any conversation we could have regarding children's literature, publishing, reading, and teaching.
>
> There is so much to say, but I want to address one small but key point in the most recent exchange, and that is the issue of identity in books.
>
> I maintain a LibraryThing.com database of more than 950 children's books (baby to YA) published in the U.S. that feature main characters of color where race is *not* the driving force of the story.
>
>
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