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Interviews

January 18, 2026 by Edith Campbell

interview: Dr. Emily Knox

The arguments for removing books from libraries and curricula haven’t changed all that much but the context has. There’s much more emphasis on dismantling the institution because they contain materials that people find upsetting.

January 7, 2026 by Edith Campbell

Interview: Sharon G. Flake

I give young characters in my novels the power of choice, the ability to fall and rise again to conquer a situation, their fears or something that may have a strangle hold on them for the moment. 

June 23, 2025 by Edith Campbell

interview: Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul

. I hope this book takes young readers to a place of hope, understanding that when we confront the carefully constructed myths about the country, consider who benefits from this and who is harmed, when we are finally able to dismantle this legacy of lies, we can heal and be fully free.

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Celebrating Librarianship

January 21, 2025 by Edith Campbell

 I do hate that I’ll miss the panel discussing the latest edition of The Handbook of Black Librarianship. I have a chapter in it that contextualizes the contributions of Black librarians in the field of youth literature.

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Music is an especially emotive form of storytelling. It’s truly a universal language and I hope readers will take away an appreciation for spirituals as a valued basis for so much of the music produced in the USA.

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What if you told someone you wish they were dead...and then they died?" the thinking of writing about grief was there -- I was processing how to process.

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