Walking and Talking with . . . Elizabeth Wein!
I’m not supposed to have favorites. Periodically Steve Sheinkin will pop up like a magical elf and offer me one of his magnificent Walking and Talking comic series for my blog, and I always thank him profusely, loving each and every one individually. Today’s is different. I’m not sure quite why. I think it has a lot to do with hearing what it’s like for a fiction writer to feel an obligation to her real world subjects not to put false thoughts into their heads. Wein is operating with a great deal of honesty in this cartoon and Steve has edited it down superbly. Even more impressively, this comes off the heels of his recent appearance at the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards ceremony where he won an honor for Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team. Where he gets the time we may never know.
Enjoy!
Don’t forget to catch up with the whole series!
- Walking and Talking with Deborah Heiligman
- Walking and Talking with John Corey Whaley
- Walking and Talking with Jenni Holm
- Walking and Talking with Gene Luen Yang
- Walking and Talking with Laura Vaccaro Seeger
- Walking and Talking with Andrew Smith
- Walking and Talking with Deborah Wiles
- Walking and Talking with Tim Federle
- Walking and Talking with Dav Pilkey
- Walking and Talking with M.T. Anderson
- Walking and Talking with Kate DiCamillo
- Walking and Talking with Grace Lin
- Walking and Talking with Rebecca Stead
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About Betsy Bird
Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.
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Love this. Love Elizabeth.
Honest to goodness, I wish this was a daily strip.
Me too, but alas we don’t pay the man nearly enough for that.
Well, if you ever decide to take up a collection…