by Mary E. Cronin | Oct 10, 2016 | Conferences-workshops, Uncategorized
Who gets to narrate the world? That was one of the questions tackled in the day-long Write to Change the World seminar, led by the OpEd Project in Boston in early October. The mission of the OpEd Project is to “increase the range of voices and quality of ideas...
by Mary E. Cronin | Oct 7, 2016 | Cape Cod, Community connections, LGBTQ+, Teaching
“Thank God I’m gay.” Those are words LGBT advocate Cyd Zeigler and his husband exchange each day. Part affirmation and part words of gratitude, Zeigler’s words electrified the audience of student-athletes, coaches, advocates, and educators. We had gathered in Hyannis,...
by Mary E. Cronin | Oct 4, 2016 | LGBTQ+, Middle-grade fiction, Teaching, Uncategorized
There is nothing like that clean-page feeling of fall! I have been energetically contributing to blogs, writing articles, and revising my middle grade novel ever since I turned that page to September. A few links: My article “Coming Out to My College...
by Mary E. Cronin | Sep 7, 2016 | LGBTQ+, Middle-grade fiction, Uncategorized
After a summer off from blog writing and teaching, I have that fresh and exciting September feeling! A few insights from my summer travels in Ireland: The bookstores of Ireland were a feast, both the independent ones as well as the chains. There was a wide variety of...
by Mary E. Cronin | Jun 30, 2016 | Cape Cod, Community connections, LGBTQ+, Middle-grade fiction, Poetry, Teaching, We Need Diverse Books
Getting an invitation to talk about children’s books and summer? No way I’d turn that down! I had the chance to join host Mindy Todd and Falmouth librarian Jill Erickson at WCAI-FM (Cape and Islands NPR station) recently, and we talked about so. many....