In an interview with Reading Rockets, Kadir Nelson described his decision to change his major from architecture to art this way: “I decided, even if I […]

Danielle Paige’s childhood fascination with The Wizard of Oz landed her on the 2014 New York Times bestselling list. The book that received the honor was […]

Jason Reynolds had given up on writing. A couple of his manuscripts had been rejected—they “sucked,” he said. So his plan was to just work, maybe […]

Toni Morrison once said, “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” It seems […]