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July 13, 2025 by Edith Campbell

Do We Still Need Diverse Books?

Regardless of what words are used to describe literature that embraces white and BIPOC lives as well as those who have disabilities or are LGBTQIA+, regardless the words that are banned to describe these marginalizations, people who are really doing the work and not just following a trend, will continue to find ways to get it done.

June 30, 2025 by Edith Campbell

ALA Annual is All But Done

For many of us, ALA Annual is a place, both physical and social, where we come for a particular experience. To move foreward, we have to consider how did this place get to be what it is? And, what dominant forces are maintained here?

June 2, 2025 by Edith Campbell

Pride Month

I only learn the queer history when I read books by LGBTQIA+ people. I read so I can know

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Monday MorningReads

May 5, 2025 by Edith Campbell

I’ve created a Literary Gomoku for the AAPI Book Challenge by adapting a traditional game board. Your goal is to read five books in a row – horizontally, vertically, or diagonally or you could choose to complete the five corners.

Closing Down Poetry Month

April 29, 2025 by Edith Campbell

We always need a good poem, I think now we can use one that reminds us that what seems like a social and political setback isn’t new; progress always seems to be one step forward and two steps back.

Monday Morning

March 3, 2025 by Edith Campbell

Black history centers the Black experience, highlighting the contributions of Black Americans which are either provoked by, aligned with or supported by members of other racial and ethnic groups.

Tanita Davis

February 25, 2025 by Edith Campbell

Blog: http://tanitasdavis.com/tanita.shtmlIG: https://www.instagram.com/tanita_writes/Blog: http://tanitasdavis.com/wp/BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/tanitawrites.bsky.social Watch for: Berry Parker Doesn’t Catch Crushes (HarperCollins Sept 2025)Tanita S. Davis is the award-winning author of six novels for middle grade and young adult readers, including Serena Says, Peas and Carrots, Happy Families, and Mare’s War, which was a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and earned her a nomination […]