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Kwame Alexander on Saying Yes!

Kwame Alexander on Saying Yes!

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | October 6, 2025

Literary cats! An Ai Weiwei graphic novel! 22 new books out today.

Literary cats! An Ai Weiwei graphic novel! 22 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | January 30, 2024

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of May

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of May

The Month in Literary Listening

By Literary Hub | May 31, 2023

Kwame Alexander on the Legacies of Love Passed Down Through Food

Kwame Alexander on the Legacies of Love Passed Down Through Food

Why Fathers Cry at Night">Plus a Free Recipe for 7 Up Pound Cake from the Author of Why Fathers Cry at Night

By Kwame Alexander | May 23, 2023

“That Was a Big Part of My Healing.” Kwame Alexander on Narrating His New Memoir

“That Was a Big Part of My Healing.” Kwame Alexander on Narrating His New Memoir

Behind the Mic">In Conversation with Jo Reed on Behind the Mic

By Behind the Mic | May 23, 2023

25 new books out today!

25 new books out today!

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 23, 2023

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By Kathleen West | February 24, 2022

The Baby-Sitters Club">Blackness on the Margins: What Ann M. Martin Asked of Jessi in The Baby-Sitters Club

By Chanté Griffin | August 2, 2021

Kwame Alexander on Learning, from a Young Age, to 'Use His Words'

Kwame Alexander on Learning, from a Young Age, to 'Use His Words'

First Draft Podcast">In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | December 28, 2020

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Light for the World to See by Kwame Alexander, Read by the Author">Light for the World to See by Kwame Alexander, Read by the Author

Poetry to Inspire

By Behind the Mic | December 23, 2020

How a Poem Ends Up As a Basketball Epic

How a Poem Ends Up As a Basketball Epic

The Half-God of Rainfall">The Books That Helped Inua Ellams Write The Half-God of Rainfall

By Inua Ellams | September 30, 2020

Here are the greatest novels ever written about every sport.

Here are the greatest novels ever written about every sport.

By Dan Sheehan | August 12, 2020

Join the Kidlit Rally for Black Lives on Facebook Live and Zoom tonight.

Join the Kidlit Rally for Black Lives on Facebook Live and Zoom tonight.

By Corinne Segal | June 4, 2020

Here are the finalists for this year's $50,000 Kirkus Prize.

Here are the finalists for this year's $50,000 Kirkus Prize.

By Emily Temple | September 17, 2019

Here is the Young People’s Literature Longlist for the 2019 National Book Awards.

Here is the Young People’s Literature Longlist for the 2019 National Book Awards.

By Literary Hub | September 16, 2019