Pamela Herron Wong
Pamela Herron Wong
@pghwriting.bsky.social
Writer (YA, fiction, nonfiction, ecocriticism), gardener, and chicken raiser in San Francisco Bay Area.
@k-e-s.bsky.social Hi Kathy! It’s Pam.
January 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
January 14, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Reposted by Pamela Herron Wong
“I write biography that challenges the way that a scene is set in a biography — it’s more a lyric scene, a sensory-rich scene, rather than fact, fact, fact.”

Read or listen to our full interview with Iris Jamahl Dunkle here:
Just released: launching both our second season *and* our podcast (!) 👩‍🔬, it’s the Women of Letters interview with Iris Jamahl Dunkle.

womenofletters.substack.com/p/iris-jamah...
October 7, 2024 at 3:02 PM
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Steinbeck mined her research for "The Grapes of Wrath." [& didn't even acknowledge her.] Then her own Dust Bowl novel was squashed - Iris Jamahl Dunkle

www.salon.com/2024/10/15/s...
Steinbeck plundered her work for "The Grapes of Wrath"
Migrant camp worker Sanora Babb wrote what could have been the era's definitive book. Instead she became a footnote
www.salon.com
October 15, 2024 at 10:57 PM
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This book is terrific. (I say so on the back cover!) GET THIS BOOK and take some time with it. You'll have a clearer understanding of how language shapes our lives. a.co/d/5jIOAuW
The Politics of Language: Beaver, David, Stanley, Jason: 9780691181981: Amazon.com: Books
The Politics of Language [Beaver, David, Stanley, Jason] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Politics of Language
a.co
November 7, 2023 at 4:15 PM
Good advice. Just did this to protect myself from trolls.
To block all Maga accounts, go here, hit subscribe and block all accounts.
November 14, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Reposted by Pamela Herron Wong
I've updated shortlink debbieohi.link/illustrators... to point to this new thread.

Feel free to scoop this graphic & post elsewhere on Bluesky or other platforms.

With more using generative AI for art, HUMAN illustrators are facing more challenges these days. Pls help boost #KidLit artists!
November 12, 2024 at 9:52 PM
November 10, 2024 at 8:54 PM