To keep our spirits up amidst the cascading catastrophes inflicted by the Russian Asset and his quislings (the GOP), the resistance needs a soundtrack. Here’s my offering for 2019.
Philip Nel is Professor of English and Director of Kansas State University’s Program in Children’s Literature. His most recent books are Was the Cat in the Hat Black?: The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature and the Need for Diverse Books (2017), Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss: How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the FBI, and Transformed Children's Literature (2012), Keywords for Children’s Literature (2011, co-edited with Lissa Paul), Tales for Little Rebels (2008, co-edited with Julia Mickenberg), The Annotated Cat (2007), and three volumes of Crockett Johnson's comic strip Barnaby (2013, 2014, 2016, all co-edited with Eric Reynolds).
