Author Lois Duncan died yesterday at the age of 82. Her books changed me while I was in sixth grade and I read her all during middle school. My first book from her "A Gift of Magic" (6th grade summer school) made a world of psychic phenomenon so real and powerful that I stopped feeling alone. It's still such an important book I bought a library copy some weeks ago. Once in middle school, I read other Duncan books, including the phenomenal "Killing Mr.Griffin". The title 'queen of teen suspense' is right! Long live the queen! I will be posting more about Ms. Duncan.
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The short story I'm tweaking has to do with my "Tabber the Red" milieu, where, on a fantasy world, upright cats live, worship,...
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By speaking to many Southerners (of Color), I learned how my Caribbean/West Indian background has been woven into the narrative of Southern ...
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NOTE: Here, there be hyperlinks! In honor of Banned Books Week , which will conclude tomorrow, I am posting my Best of 2017 books that...