Tag: Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy

April 12, 2016 by Betsy Bird

Fusenews: In my next life I’m coming back as a “Rotraut”

A lot to say and so little time to say it. Let’s get started! Today, if you are at all feeling blue, I suggest you read The Toast piece Jaya Catches Up: A Little Princess which is a killer breakdown of what is inarguably a problematic book. The Marie Antoinette portions are particularly choice. […]

February 23, 2012 by Betsy Bird

Fusenews: Shelve the books but shelve them slant

“I just finished a poem where St. Francis and St. Clare double-date with Thoreau and Evita and it just makes me very happy.” My mother was the winner of the 2011 Prairie Schooner Book Prize because she is as good as it gets. No brag. Just fact. Prairie Schooner recently interviewed her as well and […]