Category - Book Talks

Why AANHPI Literature Matters

Growing up Filipino-American in the 90s, the only AANHPI writer I heard of was Amy Tan. At the time, I wasn’t aware of Filipino-Americans in literature. It...

New Year, New Resolution

Happy New Year 2024! This is the time to make (and break) New Year resolutions. While the inevitable post-holiday resolution to eat less and run more can be...

Write Your Story Day 2023

March 14 marks Write Your Story Day 2023 and provides us all with an opportunity to reflect on what makes us unique: our stories. While the autobiographies we...

The Community of Books

by Dave Wendelin Director of NEHS A few months back, I attended a meeting of our state NCTE affiliate, the first meeting of the year. Using a typical...