tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post2586767267265968198..comments2023-12-25T00:38:19.500-08:00Comments on Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Odds & Book Ends: Five & Dime Friday, Procrastination EditionSarah Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-46390079556681449702015-02-22T10:38:18.954-08:002015-02-22T10:38:18.954-08:00Yay, Gwenda! SO awesome!
Adrienne--yes, agreed wi...Yay, Gwenda! SO awesome!<br /><br />Adrienne--yes, agreed with the hair. You should read the book, too; it's really, really good. :)<br /><br />Tanita, you need to check out this guy's <a href="http://www.thisintothat.com/" rel="nofollow">artwork using books</a>: you would love his themed sculptures!<br /><br />Colleen: I agree with you 100%--that was my exact reaction to the Kirkus article.Sarah Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-61648524717640181562015-02-22T10:10:54.706-08:002015-02-22T10:10:54.706-08:00@ Gwenda: Cheers to a well-deserved success. This ...<b>@ Gwenda</b>: Cheers to a well-deserved success. This is your year.<br /><br /><b>@Adrienne</b>: Ooh! I have the Official Librarian's Bump now! And YES to the hair coloring - I think that every time, "Ooh, her hair... oh, and I should read that book..."<br /><br /><b>@Colleen</b>: Someone said to me, after I had objected to that post, "well, there will be many missteps along the way, we have to be careful when confronting white people," and though the comment was perhaps meant tongue-in-cheek, I don't think we <i>can</i> be non-confrontational about that. I think this person feels she is advocating - for me. And... no. Just no. I am VERY troubled to see that sort of thing as a"solution" to diverse reviewing. It is no solution at all, but an unkindness.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-30606154228090667502015-02-22T01:58:55.679-08:002015-02-22T01:58:55.679-08:00The Kirkus Review thing troubles me. It reads like...The Kirkus Review thing troubles me. It reads like they are basically punishing this one particular book for not being diverse but if a book is about one kid then it has to show only one version of "you", right? So which "you" is an illustrator supposed to choose? What are the rules here and how gets to write those rules? Which depiction is the most honest - the one for the writer, the one for the illustrator or the one for every single reviewer who might read your book? <br /><br />But beyond all that - why go after this one book for the whole issue with diversity in publishing today? <br /><br />I'm just....I'm really surprised by that post. And I am bothered by the notion that the solution to diversity is not to support the diverse books that are out there but rather punish those that include only Caucasian characters. (Especially when it's a book with only a single character.) <br /><br />This is not how I review books and as a writer, I don't like seeing that it is how Kirkus reviews.Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18380722344521975869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-28875548456080333312015-02-21T09:47:07.476-08:002015-02-21T09:47:07.476-08:00Tanita, The photo of your shelf is inspiring me to...Tanita, The photo of your shelf is inspiring me to try displays like that at our library, so I officially dub you Honorary Librarian. <br /><br />Also, every time I see the cover of The Impossible Knife of Memory, I think, "I really want to read that book." And then I think, "I really want to color my hair like that." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-31025625480190102042015-02-20T13:21:16.414-08:002015-02-20T13:21:16.414-08:00Thanks for the shout-out, lady!Thanks for the shout-out, lady!Gwendahttp://www.gwendabond.comnoreply@blogger.com