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Kate Teves Children's Book Writer & Illustrator
I love reading David Foster Wallace’s essays on tennis. Recently his essay on Tracy Austin struck a note.
“The Party” by Jamaica Kincaid is one of the most unusual and most powerful children’s books I have read in a long time. But what is it about?
It’s not very often that you can experience art without any preconceptions from awards or reviews. I experienced the pure joy of Doug Salati’s “Hot Dog” without having any idea that it had won the 2023 Caldecott Medal.
To read Jean Jullien’s illustrated children’s book of “Imagine” is to achieve the kind of transcendent, dismantled experience that John Lennon depicted in his iconic song.
In the name of progress, the people of Nantucket once almost paved their famous cobblestone streets.
I made an easy DIY advent calendar out of children’s books from my local library, and now I’ll read a new book every day until Christmas.
Is Mulan racist? The live action film has been criticized for being offensive, Orientalist, essentialist, and more. As a former anthropologist, I have to wonder if it’s Disney we should be blaming.
Richa Kumar is an artist and landscape architect living in Hampshire, UK.
What is the point of art in the AI era? What is the point of writing? These questions are on the minds of every creative.