Earl Sewell’s name is almost synonymous with Kimani Tru. He’s written seven novels with this imprint and his books featuring Keysha and her crew are always highly anticipated by teen girls. Sewell was featured this past February as part of the BrownBooksShelf’s 28 Days Later series. In telling his story there he says “I worked… Read More Male Monday: Earl Sewell
I’ve met Jamie Campbell Naidoo exactly once and that was at JCLC. I was familiar with his reputation, as he has written and researched multicultural children’s lit for a while. More about him: Prior to joining the faculty of the University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies in 2008, Dr. Naidoo worked as… Read More Male Monday: Jamie Campbell Naidoo
One male author of color has a YA book released this month. “Irfan Master is project manager of Reading the Game at the National Literacy Trust. His father is from Gujarat, India where the novel is set, and his mother is from Pakistan. Irfan grew up speaking both Urdu and English.” He grew up reading… Read More Male Monday: Irfan Master
This Male Monday, to celebrate Asian Pacific Heritage month, I thought I’d mention books I’m aware of that were written by males of Asian or Pacific Heritage. Please feel free to add titles in the comment section! I’m expecting WordPress to mangle my layout, so if they do here are my apologies in advance. Fair… Read More Male Monday
April is National Poetry Writing month, National Card and Letter Writing Month, Jazz Appreciation Month,National Arab American Heritage Month and National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Here, today, it’s Male Monday! What better day for me to do something I rarely do: share a poem? Sharif S. Elmusa was born in the village of al-Abbasiyya, Palestine.… Read More Male Monday
