Texas Book Festival 2014

The 2014 Texas Book Festival is over -- and, as usual, what a great event!  Varian Johnson, Jennifer Ziegler, and I had a blast on the "Capers, Cons, and Catastrophes" panel moderated by Anne Bustard. 

Anne Bustard, me, and Jennifer Ziegler

Here are some more pics from the weekend's events:

In the Green Room (cw from left): Anne Bustard, Me, Jennifer Ziegler, Varian Johnson, Varsha Bajaj, Nikki Loftin, Cyn

Erszi Deak, Carmen Oliver, and me at the Texas Monthly breakfast

Jo Whittemore and me in the Green Room

Me and Cyn before #WeNeedDiverseBooks panel

Me, Varsha, Cyn and Trent Reedy at the Saturday night party

Me and Lindsey Lane

Donna Janell Bowman photobombs Carmen Oliver, PJ Hoover, and Cyn

Many thanks to all the organizers, volunteers, and sponsors! 

Japanese American Legal History

This is sort of a throwback Thursday (#tbt) kind of thing:  A few years back, I penned a handful of essays on Japanese American Legal History for an earlier version of the Cynthia Leitich Smith Children’s Literature Resources; now, revised (slightly), they are available on my web site!

Being of Japanese and German descent ("hapa"), I originally wrote these essays out of a concern that, to the extent that the history of Japanese Americans was known, such knowledge focused almost entirely on the Internment, at the expense of other aspects of the societal and legal regime that affect, and have affected, Japanese Americans.
  
Although the essays include case cites, they are intended to be readable by a general audience. :-).

Here's the link to the splash page.

Japanese American Legal History (General) discusses immigration and naturalization issues, as well alien land laws.  Japanese American Legal History (The Internment) discusses the World War II internment of Japanese Americans and the related Supreme Court cases. Finally, Japanese American Legal History (Enemy Aliens and Habeas Corpus) discuss other legal aspects of internment and treatment of enemy aliens and habeas corpus generally.

For more general information on Japanese American history, check out the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles.

Texas Book Festival Children's and YA Panels

Texas Book Festival is October 24 and 25, 2014!  

I am delighted to announce that I will be presenting LITTLE GREEN MEN AT THE MERCURY INN on the panel "Capers, Cons, and Catastrophes," (Sunday, at 130-230 in Cap. Ext. E2.026) with Varian Johnson and Jennifer Ziegler!  (There may be mayhem :-)).

Below are the other panels featuring children's and YA authors.  

Note that there's also ongoing programming throughout both days in the Children's Activity Tent and the Read Me a Story Tent!  For the complete (official) schedule and late changes, click here.

SATURDAY

10-1045
Grandfather Gandhi
Location: Family Life Center (1300 Lavaca)
Authors:
Arun Gandhi
Bethany Hegedus

10-1045

Choose Wisely

Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.026

Authors:

Lauren Miller

Trent Reedy

Stephen Graham Jones

Moderator:

Vanessa Lee

10-11

YA and not so Y.A.

Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.012

Authors:

Claudia Gray

Melissa de la Cruz

11-1145

Looks Can Be Deceiving

Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.026

Authors:

Michelle Knudsen

Steve Brezenoff

Moderator:

Sean Petrie

12-1

#WeNeedDiverseBooks

Location: The Sanctuary at First United Methodist Church (1201 Lavaca, enter from Lavaca St.)

Authors:

Tim Tingle

Jacqueline Woodson

Andrea Davis Pinkney

Pat Mora

Diane Gonzales Bertrand

Moderator:

Don Tate

12-1

Tomás Rivera Award

 Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.026

Authors:

Susan Goldman Rubin

Duncan Tonatiuh

Moderator:

Jesse Gainer

12-1

Guys Read: True Stories

Location: Family Life Center (1300 Lavaca)

Authors:

Jon Scieszka

Nathan Hale

1215-1

Hazardous Tales

Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.016

Authors:

Nathan Hale

1215-115

Survival 101

Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.026

Authors:

Lindsay Cummings

Rick Yancey

Dayna Lorentz

Moderator:

Sarah Pitre

115-215
Do You Believe in Magic?
Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.026
Authors:
Natalie Lloyd
Annie Barrows
Nikki Loftin

230-330
Adventure is Out There
Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.026
Authors:
Michael Fry
P. J. Hoover
S.S. Taylor

230-330

Poetry for YA

Location: Family Life Center (1300 Lavaca)

Authors:

Jacqueline Woodson

Isabel Quintero

K. A. Holt

245-330

Frank Einstein

Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.026

Authors:

Jon Scieszka

345-430

Katherine Applegate

Location: Family Life Center (1300 Lavaca)

Authors:

Katherine Applegate

345-445

Eyes on the Prize

Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.026

Authors:

Deborah Wiles

Duncan Tonatiuh

London Ladd

Moderator:

Sharon O'Neal

SUNDAY

11-12 Sun

Beginning, Middle, End: A Trio of Trilogies

Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.026

Authors:

Adam Gidwitz

Edward Carey

Deron Hicks

1215-115
Design Decisions: Children's Illustrators At Work
Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.028
Authors:
Patrick McDonnell

Lane Smith
Tad Carpenter
Divya Srinivasan
Carolyn Dee Flores

130-230
Capers, Cons, and Catastrophes
Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.026
Authors:
Jennifer Ziegler
Greg Leitich Smith
Varian Johnson

130-230

Unfinished Business

Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.028

Authors:

Meg Wolitzer

Lindsey Lane

Adele Griffin

245-340

Tony DiTerlizzi

Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.028

Authors:

Tony DiTerlizzi

Moderator:

Suzanne Wofford

245-345
Growing Pains
Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.026
Authors:
Andrea Davis Pinkney
Varsha Bajaj
Mariko Tamaki

3-5

At-Risk Summer Movie

Location: Capitol Auditorium Room E1.004

Authors:

e.E. Charlton-Trujillo