Selected Articles
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“Wer hat Angst vor multikulturellen Kinderbüchern?” (auf Deutsch) and “Why Are People Afraid of Multicultural Children’s Books?” (in English), Geschichte der Gegenwart, 21 & 23 May 2023.
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“’Well Paid for a Woman’: Gloria Hardman’s 50-Year Career in Computing,” IEEE: Annals of the History of Computing, July-Sept. 2022
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“Breaking up with your favorite racist childhood classic books,” Washington Post, 16 May 2021
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“How to diversify the classics. For real.” The Oxford University Press Blog, 11 Feb. 2020.
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“A Manifesto for Radical Children’s Literature (and an Argument Against Radical Aesthetics).” Barnboken: tidskrift før barnlitteraturforskning/Journal of Children’s Literature Research 42 (2019).
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“Trump Is a Liar. Tell Children the Truth.” Public Books, 15 Oct. 2019. See also the related blog post.
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“7 questions we should ask about children’s literature.” The Oxford University Press Blog, 19 Sept. 2017.
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“Resolutions for a New Academic Year: A survival guide for higher education in perilous times.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, 5 Sept. 2017. See also the related blog post.
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“Laughter and Resistance: Humor as a Weapon in the Age of Trump.” The Horn Book, May-June 2017. See also the related blog post.
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Refugee Stories for Young Readers.” Public Books, 23 Mar. 2017. Review-essay on Francesca Sanna’s The Journey. See also the related blog post.
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“Just a Shot Away.” Inside Higher Ed, 12 Apr. 2016.
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“A Manifesto for Children’s Literature; or, Reading Harold as a Teenager.” The Iowa Review 45.2 (Fall 2015): 87-92.
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“Innocent Children and Frightened Adults: Why Censorship Fails.” From the Square: The NYU Press Blog 30 Sept. 2015.
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“In Search of Lost Time.” Inside Higher Ed, 3 Mar. 2014. See also the related blog post.
Special Issues
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Migration, Refugees and Diaspora in Children’s Literature. Special issue. Children’s Literature Association Quarterly 43.4 (Winter 2018).
- Read this issue (available to subscribers of ProjectMuse).
- Read the related blog post
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Keywords for Children’s Literature and Education. Special issue co-edited with Lissa Paul. Brock Education 27.2 (2018).
- Read this issue (open source).
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Children’s Literature and the Left. Special issue co-edited with Julia Mickenberg. Children’s Literature Association Quarterly 30.4 (Winter 2005).
- Read this issue (available to subscribers of ProjectMuse).