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We're thrilled to host our 2026 Intersectionality Panel! Please join us for an engaging discussion with our guests @kauawrites, @christinehartmanderr, @askdrwoodchuck, and @lezelpoet this Saturday! Follow the link in bio to join the online conversation. We hope to see you there!

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There's still time to catch this engaging conversation with Joy McCullough! Get access via the link in our bio.

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Behold: my last #newsletter of #2025! Take a read to learn about some of the ups of my #debutyear.

Most importantly, if you’re one of the helpers, THANK YOU. You mean the world to me. #HappyHolidays
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And as always: #linkinbio!

#debutnovel #bookstagram #books #read #reading #writingcommunity #authorlife #youngadult #yafiction #kidlit #eoy #endofyear #bestof #debutauthor

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Looking back to the ALAN Awards at #ncte25

Kylene Beers left her family with commands and demands (lovingly referred to as her commandments), so the Teri Lesesne Award acceptance speech also included some commandments for teachers and librarians.

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📦Unboxing video for #alanworkshop hosted by @thealanorg at #ncte2025
Grateful to have received the Smith-Carlsen grant and one huge box of books!

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Honored to be in community at The ALAN Workshop again after the NCTE Conference.

At The ALAN Workshop, I had the honor of presenting “Reading Toward Liberation: Centering Student Voice in the Fight Against Censorship.”

Presenting on anti-racist teaching wasn’t just a session…it was a commitment. A promise to keep centering students whose stories have been silenced for too long.
Proud of the work. Inspired by the people. Ready for what’s next.

This session wasn’t just about books — it was about students owning their stories, defending their right to read, and imagining freer futures.

Grateful for the community that shows up, speaks up, and refuses silence.
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#ALANWorkshop #YALit #AntiRacistEducation
#ReadingTowardLiberation #TeachTheTruth #RepresentationMatters
#StudentVoices #BooksBuildEmpathy #TeachBlackLives
#EducationForLiberation #HighSchoolELA #TeachWithLove

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yesterday my job was just yapping about YA romance with Lynn Painter + Raegan Revord. really working in the mines, gruelling labor, abject suffering

the NCTE 2025 ALAN Workshop was of course a delight because children’s lit people are a delight. everyone’s publishing exciting work! authors are kind and welcoming! educators rule!

i could have talked with Lynn and Raegan all day, but they called time before we got to the Q about how readers can see themselves in our work. and a big thing for me was that Wavelength is about teenagers making art. that was the teenager i was. how my friends were. i bet most of the people in the room were like that, and Raegan IS like that right now so go off. their book takes you apart and puts you together again and it’s romcomy as can be along the way. don’t let anyone tell you teenagers’ art is special because of their age or despite it. just listen up, ok?

p.s. i vow to track down a better picture of us all on stage

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I had one of the best weekends EVER with friends new and old in #Denver, thanks to #ALAN2025!!!

My absolute gratitude to @thealanorg for inviting me and to my wonderful publisher @levinequerido. 🥹 I met so many authors I love and look up to, including #DavidLevithan, @ambsmcbride, @elockhartbooks, @am.dewitt, @stdennard, @authorjoshgalarza, @drseemayasmin, @jdeowrites, @oliviaabtahi, @r0wanamiller, and fellow LQers @jethomasauthor and @jonell.joshua. And I stayed for every panel, so I learned a HUGE amount from my fellow panelists—such brilliant artists!—and got to know a bunch of incredible teachers, librarians, and educators.

If we talked (or didn’t) over this weekend: please keep in touch! I loved hanging out with you!!! 💗

Best of all, I got to share my beloved D.J. ROSENBLUM BECOMES THE G.O.A.T. with more readers. I hope you love this sad-happy, funny-teary, mystery-realist, Jewish-queer, one-of-a-kind book half as much as I do.

THANK YOU ALAN!!!!!! I can’t wait to come back!!!

#alan @nctegram @ncte25denver #alandenver #debutnovel #debutauthor #ya #youngadult #yalit #2025debut #authorlife #writingcommunity #author #bookstagram #yabooks #readersofinstagram #read #reading #books #2025release

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Aftermath of the ALAN conference. I met some amazing authors!

@authorjoshgalarza
@nashae.jones
@lynnpainterbooks
@jesserbest
@caleplett
@idrisgoodwin

I also forgot to mention my fellow panelists!! I had an amazing time talking about unlikely teachers with @squeetus and @jeffreybrownrq 🥰 I hope we all cross paths again sometime!

Thanks to @thealanorg for having me and to my publisher @shadowmountainpub for making this possible. 💛

#authorappearance #authorevents #authorssupportingauthors #elizabethlowham #impostersyndrome

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I presented at the NCTE Conference in Denver, where I met so many wonderful English teachers, librarians, and writers—all fighting the good fight. 📚💪❤️ I also met the new host of Reading Rainbow, which was super cool! 🌈📖 @nctegram

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Idris Goodwin had this to say about writers at the 2025 ALAN conference: "Everyone has a story to tell, but writers are craftspeople. We are engaged in the magic making of language."

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I did my first presentation at NCTE!!!!!!! 🥳 I presented at the @thealanorg round table with the amazing @federicoerebia I was so blessed to have him as a presentation partner! He talked about the Pedro and Daniel Intersectional Book Awards winners, finalists, longlists, and commended books. Which led seamlessly to my presentation about reading and writing educators-centered book reviews in ALAN Picks.

#alanbookinfluencer #NCTE25

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