I’m out in San Francisco and Oakland, doing research for my upcoming nonfiction book about the Black Panthers, tentatively titled PANTHERS!
There’s a lot of material to review, and the research itself is rather intense, but it’s also really neat… Read the rest

I just finished a very long process of revising and updating my website. With the help of a fabulous web designer, all my new content is up and ready for viewing! I’m very pleased about how it all turned out.
I’ve moved… Read the rest

I just got my Advanced Reader Copies for 37 Things I Love, due out from Henry Holt in May 2012.
People sometimes ask if things like this get old after you’ve done a few books. Well, NOT FOR ME!!! It’s… Read the rest

Excuse me while I take a moment to extoll the wonder that is YouTube:
“YouTube is awesome!” (Okay, I’m done.)
I never used to go on there, and in retrospect I don’t understand how it eluded me for so long,… Read the rest

Okay, so it isn’t the new year yet, but I can’t believe how fast the summer disappeared, and how quickly the fall seems to be getting chomped up, too. It’s already mid-October (eek!) and I’m sure I’ll be dragging out… Read the rest

I just posted this on Chicks Rock!, but want folks to see it here, too:
Well, as of this weekend I’ve officially crossed the threshold from 20s into 30s! I always planned to throw a big party for myself on… Read the rest

I woke up this morning to a call from my favorite editor (@EditorK) informing me that The Rock and the River and I have won the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent. This is a huge honor in… Read the rest

I always get good news when I’m in the library.
When I saw my book cover for the first time, I was in the library. When I heard I was getting a NYTimes Book Review, I had just come from… Read the rest

Last night I got to give a copy of The Rock and the River to Ms. Phylicia Rashad.
I handed her a signed copy, and she looked at it, then asked me to personalize it.
I was over the moon.… Read the rest