M2BT a Kirkus Best Book of 2021
Kirkus Reviews has selected My Two Border Towns as one of the Best Picture Books of 2021.
NYPL and CPL Lists
Excited to announce that the New York Public Library has picked SIX of my projects for their Best Books 2021 lists! For teens, The Witch Owl Parliament (illustrated by Raúl the Third). For kids, My Two Border Towns and Mis dos pueblos fronterizos (illustrated by Erika Meza), El ascenso del…
Two Titles on SLJ Best Books 2021
School Library Journal has selected two books of mine for inclusion on their lists of Best Books of the year. My Two Border Towns (illustrated by Erika Meza) is on the Best Picture Books List. My translation and expansion of María García Esperón’s The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the…
NYT Article on M2BT
Online and in the November 14, 2021 print edition, the New York Times is featuring My Two Border Towns and three other books that stand out for “Picturing the Power of Community.”
“Calling to the Dead” by Kim Sowol
Like many folks around the world, I was introduced to the poetry of Kim Sowol—who published a single book of poems, Azaleas, before dying at age thirty-two—through the show The King: Eternal Monarch. In episode three, the eponymous ruler of alternate Earth Kingdom of Corea pulls Azaleas from a shelf…
“The Gatekeeper” by Kim Haengsoon
One of the many things I love about watching K-drama is all the wonderful poetry I’ve been introduced to. During episode 10 of Hometown Cha Cha Cha, male protagonist Hong Ban-jang reads the poem “The Gatekeeper” from the collection Portrait of Echoes by Kim Haengsook (so that female protagonist Yoon…
“The Physics of Love” by Kim In-yook
Ever since I first watched the Korean drama 쓸쓸하고 찬란하神 – 도깨비, known in English as Guardian: The Great and Lonely God or simply Goblin, I have been obsessed with the poem the male lead (Kim Shin, an immortal goblin) reads from an anthology the female lead (Ji Eun-tak, his…
Debut Picture Book Out Today!
MY TWO BORDER TOWNS and MIS DOS PUEBLOS FRONTERIZOS have finally been published! Romper featured MY TWO BORDER TOWNS in a round-up of 44 Children’s Books Starring Latinx Characters That Your Kids Will Love! MY TWO BORDER TOWNS was included in Book Riot and Publishers Weekly (852k UVPM)September release round-ups! Publishers Weekly also included MY TWO BORDER TOWNS in their New and Noteworthy Kids Releases and…
Two-book Deal with Bloomsbury
So excited to announce that Mary Kate Castellani at Bloomsbury has acquired world rights to The Moon Conch by Guadalupe García McCall and me, along with a second book tentatively titled Hearts of Fire and Snow. The Moon Conch, a YA fantasy romance, features a young Aztec warrior and a…
THE PATH GRANT
In conjunction with Estudio Tlalli, I have established THE PATH GRANT, which will award annual $2500 prizes to new and emerging BIPOC women writers of speculative fiction. Depending on funding, between two and ten recipients will be selected by a panel of judges by December 15th of each year. Funds…