Tag: Books

City of Night – Visiting with Artist Tim Youd & His 100-Novels Project

It’s 11:30 PM on a Tuesday night, and I just got home from visiting artist TIM YOUD as he typed Novel #47 out of his 100 Novels Project. He’s currently typing John Rechy’s City of Night at the LACE art gallery on Hollywood Boulevard from June 15 to July 1, 2016 every night from 10 PM to 3 AM.…
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Love Is Love – My LGBTQ KidLit Book Donation Drive for the Orlando Youth Alliance

UPDATE AS OF JULY 18, 2016: Thank you to everyone who donated YA novels and children’s books, comic books, and DVDs featuring positive LGBTQIA+ characters and themes for the Orlando Youth Alliance. I received a beautiful letter from their president, Michael Slaymaker, thanking us. He wrote the following: “Roberto, a longtime member of the Orlando Youth Alliance,…
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“CONFETTI KIDS” Early Reader Series Preview from Lee & Low Books

Hi! I’m excited to announce that my next book project will launch on February 15, 2016 from LEE & LOW BOOKS. I wrote the first two books of the new “Confetti Kids” early reader book series from Lee & Low’s new “Dive Into Reading” line. The books are illustrated by the wonderfully talented artist SHIRLEY NG-BENITEZ.…
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