early copies of #MOFL are here!!!!

nearing the end of the year and I want to read some novellas! Recommend me some! (I have already read murderbot, wayward children, silver in the wood, time war, psalm for the wild built...)

Time to be loud about awards-eligible work again, so 2023, I had Mammoths at the Gates, a novella about grief, stories, and of course mammoths! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

humiliating! but thank god!!!

💥BANNED BOOKS NEWS 💥 Penguin Random House sues Iowa in an effort to halt censorship in America. Learn more here: bit.ly/3uvWB3R #BannedBooks #ReadBannedBooks

Social media break until Monday! Later gators.

Want to add a little extra something if you are gifting someone one of my books? Follow my Linktree in my bio to the Bookplate Request Form!

Haha. It’s best books season. And my debut was on so many of them last year that statistically I’ll never be on another list until like book 20. And that’s totally okay.

A teacher asking me point blank what in my book would get her fired. Me: Ugh, I mean this character is queer & kisses this character. Both characters are cis girls. The teacher: Oh yeah, that could get me fired. But I have a bunch of queer books in my classroom library. What admin doesn’t know…

Anne Boyer has resigned as the poetry editor of the New York Times magazine: “Because our status quo is self-expression, sometimes all artists have left is to refuse. So I refuse.”

This weekend anti-LGBTQIA+ hate speech incidents occurred in a number of buildings on campus. Tomorrow, I’m having hard conversations with my students about the words they use, the words they listen to their friends use and how a slur has become frequent on campus. I am furious and sad.

Bid on a signed copy of Those Pink Mountain Nights w/ original swag including a special pizza-themed enamel pin in support of Books For Palestine! If the item goes over $300, you can also name a character in a future Jen F. YA book.

Had a really interesting conversation about people writing novels that are “inspired by” video games or anime that literally stick way too close to the original. And since I teach adaptations and retellings I have thoughts. But also where is the line?

If you’re more of a summer vibes human, this Roxy hat in a green colour-way with beading by me is up for bid at the @books_palestine auction. The green beads on this hat are pre-1939 vintage beads. I have so few left but this hat called out for them. Bid high and bid often.

Moms for Liberty getting CREAMED in school board races in Iowa - beaten in every race in Cedar Rapids, Linn-Marr, Ankeny, Johnston, Urbandale, Waukee and West Des Moines.

Okay, you can support Books For Palestine 🇵🇸 and also be super fashion by bidding on this item. Beading done by me. I love the asymmetrical vibes here and the pink and gunmetal grey beadwork. I will ship this anywhere. Bid high and bid often. I promise you’ll get compliments like crazy!!!

Who the eff is this?

The bar I’ve spend the most time in didn’t even have the 1/2 wall privacy divider! 🤣🤣🤣 Just toilet next to toilet.

I invite you to say "Palestine" and "Palestinian." Don't let my people be erased.

Jews calling for a cease fire have taken over Grand Central ✊ Tell me again how they’re marginal. Absolute nonsense.

What is happening in Gaza is a genocide. A group that was persecuted and faced horrid violence, and genocide, cannot repeat the actions and claim justified. Being hurt does not offer license to hurt back. These are fundamental truths in my heart.

Some of my best writing happens when @andrewkarre.bsky.social says, "Go further." Sometimes it had occurred to me that I could go further, but I didn't, and he sees it and calls it out. Sometimes I really thought I had. Always, it gets better.

BIG thanks to the organizers of this letter who circulated it so others could add our names to strengthen the pressure and overturn a very bad decision.

Ace Week (Asexual Awareness Week) starts today! If you are looking for a book with an asexual or ace-spectrum main character, here's a showcase of 30+ books, put together for Ace Week. Here's where to find them: books.bookfunnel.com/asexual_awar...

📣 Important work. #MuseumsAreNotNeutral

Texts from my sister.

Okay friends and foes: How are you discovering your book is being challenged or banned? How does the news make it to you, the author? Curious.

Today, authors and illustrators are voicing our opposition to Scholastic Book Fairs'  "Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice" program, which proactively supports the work of right-wing book banners. Please read, sign, and share. tinyurl.com/3vu9tsyj

Interesting article from School Library Journal on the current state of the YA / middle grade market, where sales are trending down teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2023/10/18/a...

Trying to finish writing an author’s note/essay on being fat, the intersections between fat activism and disability activism, and fat athletes/being fat while being active in nature. And it’s kicking my butt.

In addition to Doctors Without Borders, I have donated to Palestine Children's Relief Fund, which is an organization recommended by Palestinian activists as being on the ground helping right now, both medically and with food and other necessities .

It's not an "impossible dilemma," Scholastic. On one side you've got white nationalists and queerphobes; on the other you've got diverse books. You have chosen the bigots.

Still may ask of those of you who can donate.

For any so called “allies” to Indigenous people who want us to pursue existing legal routes to justice for incremental change, please have a hard look at what happened yesterday in Australia and The Voice referendum.

Which you can read about here: www.bbc.com/news/world-a...

This is still my ask today.

Once again: WAR SHOULD NOT BE TREATED AS A SPORT IN WHICH WE WAVE OUR FLAGS AND ROOT FOR OUR TEAM. THE ONLY WINNER IS PEACE. Everyone and everything else loses. Is loss. Is lost.

Reminder: If you’re looking to help those being impacted in Gaza right now, please consider Anera: www.anera.org They’ve been on the ground and helping since 1968. Here’s their Charity Navigator profile: www.charitynavigator.org/ein/520882226

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Sign and share!

I tried to do what to me is a big deal interview today and it was clear after like 3 minutes of trying that neither me or the host could do the work the honour it deserved. I want to say that it’s okay to not do book promo rn. It’s okay to need to use your energy elsewhere.

This is an incredibly important letter.

Attn US Historians! My dept. at Rutgers-Camden is hiring! We seek a historian with expertise in US history since 1945. Engagement with public history a plus. Tenure-track, 2-2 load, with R1 library & research support. Apply by Nov 27. Full info here: jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/212...

omg my first 2 weeks in this gig, hopping into ongoing projects midstream, has been CHAOTIC but so fun too, I'm learning so much about this side of publishing. The BEST PART is amazing staff (EIC and my 2 EAs), but SECOND BEST is working w/ subs, I can't WAIT to share what we're working on w/ you!

Thank you to We Need Diverse Books! Looking forward to presenting at the closing session of the American Association of School Librarians annual conference in Tampa on Saturday afternoon October 21 with @samiraahmed.bsky.social, Tracey Baptiste, and Cornelius Minor. A call to action!