박사라 Sarah Park Dahlen
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박사라 Sarah Park Dahlen
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Associate Professor iSchool University of Illinois; Asian American Youth Lit; Asian American Studies; Critical Adoption Studies; RDYL co-editor #VeryKorean #VeryAsian sarahpark.com

Cover art: Nancy So Miller
Agent: Tricia Toney Lawrence (Aevitas CM)
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CALL FOR PAPERS 🌿

@ebonyteach.bsky.social Ebony Elizabeth Thomas & I are co-editing a book!

ANNE FOR EVERYONE: GREEN GABLES, CHILDREN OF COLOR, and GLOBAL CHILDHOODS @upmississippi.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/AnneForEvery... proposals by Dec 1!

#AnneOfGreenGables #ChildLit #ProfessorLife #iSchoolUI
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Fellow KidLit writers:

I’m begging you to stop with the twins separated at birth who miraculously run into each other later in life stories.

🕳️🕳️🕳️

It is a played out trope that perpetuates harmful stereotypes about orphans, adoptees, and fosterees.

It is also lazy writing.
August 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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1977: why would the bartender in star wars even care if some robots with artificial intelligence came into his bar

2025: ohhh ok
July 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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My 80th anniversary tribute to Vannevar Bush's July 1945 manifesto: No winner can take all in #AI and we must keep it that way.

🙏 @cartercenter.bsky.social

uscnpm.substack.com/p/winners-ca...
Winners Can't Take All in AI
Competition to dominate the AI race comes at the cost of needed global advancement
uscnpm.substack.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Are we great yet?
July 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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The Republicans timed the Medicaid cuts to hit right after the 2026 midterms so that the idiot masses will blame the Democrats after they take back the House.
July 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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The fiscal conservatives in the GOP just added $4 trillion to the deficit to give the wealthiest people on earth a tax cut. The pro-family party just took healthcare away from 17 million Americans to give ICE a bigger budget than Brazil’s military. The single most inhumane bill ever passed.
July 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Never before in the history of this nation has such a large redistribution of income been directed upward, for no reason at all
July 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.

I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Rebellions are built on hope.
July 4, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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We Need Diverse Books and over 25 critically acclaimed authors have launched a virtual panel series, “Magic Stories Are For Everyone,” to raise money in support of trans and nonbinary youth and creators. With Holly Black, Dhonielle Clayton, Marieke Nijkamp, Mark Oshiro & more.
(Fuse 8)
Press Release Fun: We Need Diverse Books, Authors, and Indie Bookstores Support Trans and Nonbinary Youth
Someone's raising money for trans and nonbinary youth and creators? Get on this, people!! It's happening today!
afuse8production.slj.com
June 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Hard to argue with that.
June 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”

Full emails below
June 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022.

That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.

So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
June 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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The "I'll lower costs and get us out of endless wars" candidate is now presiding over surging costs and brand new wars.
June 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.
June 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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The federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers.

That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.
June 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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I know for a fact that citizens would not be getting tear gassed by ICE and DHS in Los Angeles in June 2025 if we elected the other viable candidate for president.
June 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Tell me your pet’s name with a gif!
June 7, 2025 at 4:50 AM
BeautiFULL!!! I LOVE YOU!! Congratulations!!
June 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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The public meltdown happening between the world’s richest man 🙄 and the President of the United States 🙄🙄 once again begs the age-old question: are men simply too emotional to be in positions of power?
June 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Me when someone complains about Everything Everywhere All At Once.
May 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Billionaire tax cuts are a policy choice.

Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice.

Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice.

Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP are choosing to do this.
May 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
HUGE CONGRATS TO MY ACADEMIC BFF ON EARNING FULL PROFESSOR!!! You are magic, and I am so, so, so proud of you!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
At yesterday’s University of Michigan Regents meeting, I was promoted to full professor, effective July 1. 🎆

Full professor is the highest rank in US academia. 26% of faculty are full. Among those, 4% are Black; 2% BW.

Started my PhD 20 years ago this fall. What a journey! A fantastic voyage.
Just received some very good news that I will be able to share tomorrow! 🎉🎉🎉
May 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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She’s out!! They have released Ozturk from ICE custody!
May 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Published today: Research on Diversity in Youth Literature (RDYL) 6.2! Check out our peer-reviewed articles + book reviews + art. Many thanks to our writers, artist, co-editors, reviewers!

iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/rdyl

#RDYL #iSchoolUI #iSchoolCCB #YouthLit #ChildLit #YALit #OpenAccess
May 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM