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Tune in Tomorrow....

olugbemisola May 22, 2008 07:58

In my very first foray into professional bloggishness, I will be interviewing wonderful author Dr. Padma Venkatraman, whose debut novel, CLIMBING THE STAIRS, was released this month to glowing reviews. We'll be exploring issues of faith, culture, and colonization in the novel -- please do stop by!

good books, blog tours, authors

Hoping for a Readergirl (or Boy)

olugbemisola Apr 17, 2008 13:32

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Pulitzer!

olugbemisola Apr 07, 2008 19:59

I am extremely exclamation pointy over the fact that Junot Diaz won the Pulitzer for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (link is an excerpt). That book is LUMINOUS. I am enormously glad that that book exists.

HUZZAH!

Supporting RIF

olugbemisola Feb 07, 2008 10:49

The book distribution program at RIF is in trouble. Read this for more information and to take action. (I recommend a snail mail letter or phone call if possible.)

I.N.K.

olugbemisola Feb 04, 2008 10:07

I.N.K., a wonderful new blog featuring nonfiction for kids is LIVE! Check it out -- the entry Reading Between the Lines, Part I is fascinating.

I.N.K.

olugbemisola Feb 04, 2008 10:04

I.N.K. a wonderful new blog featuring nonfiction for kids is LIVE! Check it out -- the entry Reading Between the Lines, Part I is fascinating.

Dr. King Tried to Love Somebody

olugbemisola Jan 20, 2008 19:53

(Cross-posted...)

It's just about impossible for me to pick a favourite speech of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., but this one would have to be in that range. An excerpt: "...A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies. On the one hand, we are called to play the Good ( Read more... )

Thank You

olugbemisola Jan 05, 2008 14:37

Thanks so much for the kind words about my last post, everyone! You guys are really sweet to share my joy in this. I'm way excited, and looking forward to the work ahead.

I've gotten so horrible about keeping up this supposed journal, but I really needed to get something up so it's not looking all "Yay, me" forever...

So: "Yay, Sarah!"
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Redundant, But

olugbemisola Dec 22, 2007 19:33

I already posted this on the Blue Boards, and will probably post it on my craft blog, but I haven't posted in aeons, and I'm excited. So:

"Olugbemisola Amusashonubi-Perkovich's debut middle-grade novel EIGHTH-GRADE SUPERZERO, about Brooklyn middle-schooler Reginald "Pukey" McKnight, a nobody who discovers the superhero within himself thanks to his ( Read more... )

The Humble Reader (and Writer)

olugbemisola Oct 24, 2007 09:45

So anyway,
I was following this thread on the Blue Boards, and thought of this thought-provoking (my thoughts, anyway) passage exploring the concepts of ethical judgment of fiction, the 'submissive' reader, the give and take between author and reader, and the humble creativity of both reading and writing (incidentally, it also refers to J. K. ( Read more... )