An Unusual Christmas
December 20, 2021
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This year is another strange Christmas: just me and the cats here in snowy, cold Vermont, staying safe during the pandemic.
Welcome to The Stacks
A Newsletter from Rosie’s Place, 1975
September 30, 2021
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I was reading Kip Tiernan’s papers today and came across this from a 1975 newsletter about Rosie’s Place during its first year.
A Monument to Kip Tiernan
September 23, 2021
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In the silence of the room Kip’s voice rang loud in my ears. She was so passionate about the rights of the poor for food, housing, dignity.
My First Children’s Room
June 10, 2020
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The first children’s room I was in charge of was at the Mott Haven branch of the New York Public Library, in the South Bronx.
When the Babies Came to Stay
February 10, 2020
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At the beginning of the story four babies turn up on an island, one on the mail plane, two on the ferry and one on a pile of nets. What should the islanders do with them?
Inspiration in Ireland
November 17, 2019
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My new picture book, When the Babies Came to Stay, is set on an island but I wasn’t on an island when I wrote the first draft.