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Teri Lesesne
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New Books for Teens and Tweens
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New Books for Teens and Tweens
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New Books for Teens and Tweens
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- More than 20 years
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getting the game face on
One more conference between me and San Antonio. This weekend is the YALSA Institute in Nashville (and not at Opryland!!!) where I will present a session with my friend and colleague Rosemary Chance on censorship and then go listen to all the other workshops. I am looking forward to the trip as I have some down time to plan the NCTE presentations still in progress.
Since when did November get to be so busy? Used to be it was October and then things settled down until NCTE. No more rest for this… Continue
Since when did November get to be so busy? Used to be it was October and then things settled down until NCTE. No more rest for this… Continue
Posted on November 3, 2008 at 1:55pm —
hurricane update
While we do not have power at home (nor are we scheduled to have power at home for some time), the university does. So, here I am with laptop charging and cell phone charging and Ipod charging and AC running. I am a happy camper for now. Soon, we will head back to the house where it will be a tad more "sweaty." No generator, no power. But we do have water and supplies and lanterns by which we read at night.
We are much more fortunate than so many who have lost homes. We know how lucky we are, b… Continue
We are much more fortunate than so many who have lost homes. We know how lucky we are, b… Continue
Posted on September 15, 2008 at 3:26pm —
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