I'll be on a panel at AWP called "How Far is Too Far? Facing Self-censors and Publishing Censors When Writing About Coming of Age for Young Adults" on Friday, March 2 from noon to 1:15 p.m. My co-presenters will be Ann Angel, author of the 2011 YALSA non-fiction award winner Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing; Ricki Thompson, author of City of Cannibals; and Daniel Krauss, ALA’s 2012 Odyssey winner for his novel Rotters. For a preview of what we'll be discussing, click the link on the right and go to Pirate Tree for some comments on censorship. Read More