Why Adoptees Are Reclaiming National Adoption Month
November 29, 2023
By SunAh M Laybourn You’ve seen the photos: a young child holds a sign stating the number of days they were in foster care and triumphantly declaring that today is… READ MORE
Finding a Home for My Own Family’s History
November 16, 2023
by Lisandro Pérez On October 14, 2023, only four days after the official release date of my book, The House on G Street: A Cuban Family Saga, I presented it… READ MORE
Challenging Book Bans by Elevating Queer & Trans of Color Children’s Picture Books
By Isabel Millán October 1, 2023 marked the start of Banned Books Week. Generally a celebratory week when book titles are shared among broader conversations over censorship, this year’s stressed… READ MORE
Opinion by Casey Stockstill: Preschool will become a luxury if Congress doesn’t act
November 15, 2023
This University Press Week, NYU Press is highlighting an author who knows when to #SpeakUP. This opinion piece by Casey Stockstill is reposted from MSNBC.com On Sept. 30, $24 billion… READ MORE
How Art Helps Immigrant Children Find Their Voice
November 14, 2023
by Silvia Rodriguez Vega By giving voices to those who have yet to be heard, we help create a world where all children are valued, respected, and protected. In Drawing Deportation,… READ MORE
Reviving the Memory of Marty Glickman
November 13, 2023
By Jeffrey S. Gurock Los Angeles’ Erez Sherman is the rabbi of one of the largest congregations in the United States. He is on a mission to enlighten his fellow… READ MORE
What Is Normporn, and Why Do We Love It?
November 10, 2023
An interview with Karen Tongson, author of Normporn: Queer Viewers and the TV That Soothes Us What does “normporn” mean? There’s a very specific meaning to “normporn” and a more… READ MORE
Haunting Reads for Halloween
October 31, 2023
As literature professor Jeffrey Jerome Cohen wrote in his seminal tract, Monster Culture: Seven Theses, “The monster dwells at the gates of difference… Any kind of alterity can be inscribed… READ MORE