Jason Reynolds on What Fires the Imagination of Young Readers The best-selling author on why "inappropriate" topics may be exactly what teen readers need, and the importance of raising the hair on the backs of readers' necks in the first 50 pages.

On a very hot day in June, I took a risk. I made a beeline to the front of the room at ISTE so I could shake hands w/ Jason Reynolds.

Nervously, I blurted out, "I know you have to leave, but my editor would never forgive me if I didn't ask to interview you."

My latest for @edutopia.org:

Appreciate you sharing!

Maris Kreizman on Publishing and Pop Culture The lauded essayist talks indie and corporate publishing, Melrose Place, Gilmore Girls, and 90210

So thankful for this nice VICTIM shout out by the excellent critic @maris.bsky.social.

"It’s a really smart debut novel about the kinds of stories that we – we as in the media and also we as just people – want to hear from people of color." talkingwriting.substack.com/p/maris-krei...

Best Literary Fiction of 2024 - She Reads Every year, She Reads reaches out to readers to discover the books that they thought were the best of the year! This year we had over 8,000 of you cast your vote and the results are in. In our roundup...

Many thanks to She Reads for naming VICTIM one of the best literary novels of the year alongside some incredible company. Very honored shereads.com/best-literar...

I appreciate you!

Many thanks to the good folks at @literaryhub.bsky.social for choosing VICTIM as one of their favorite books of the year, and a special thanks to editor Dwyer Murphy for his extremely kind words. Love to see this! lithub.com/lit-hubs-38-...

How AI Will Impact the Future of Teaching—a Conversation With Sal Khan The founder of Khan Academy and Khanmigo believes AI can deliver the personalized instruction students need, while freeing up teachers to do what they do best.

Sal Khan: "We are building toward a world where a teacher or a school can upload curriculum & academic standards—and then the AI can work with a teacher to plan the entire year to include not just scope and sequence, but pacing."
A🧵 from our interview with Sal Khan
www.edutopia.org/article/how-...

Love to see these kind words about VICTIM from the great Mateo Askaripour in this piece about his best reads of the year. www.goodreads.com/blog/show/28...

Being on this list is cool enough, but friends around the country notified me that VICTIM was also shouted out by
@npr.org's Morning Edition, too! Wild. Snippet here: www.npr.org/2024/11/25/n...

Extremely honored and humbled to see that VICTIM was named a Best Book of 2024 by @npr.org! Feels cool as hell to be in the company of these amazing writers. Check out the full list here: apps.npr.org/best-books/#...

Couple days left to vote if you'd like to see VICTIM make it to the next round. (I personally would really like to see that happen, but that's just me.)

Lol I've missed your posts

I'm gonna start posting here more. Starting with: My novel VICTIM was nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award in the Best Debut Fiction category!

The winner is chose by the people, and voting ends Nov. 24. If you're so inclined to support, vote here: www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...

Thanks

@debutiful.bsky.social is such an important supporter of debut work, and it's an absolute honor to be chosen for this special end of year list alongside so many friends and dope ass contemporaries.

This year's Best Debut Books are hotter than ever! Discover
@borywrites.bsky.social, @christinajcooke.bsky.social, @rubenwrites.bsky.social, @pemiaguda.bsky.social, and more!

debutiful.net/2024/11/18/t...

Thank you, Mat! Hope all is well man

Victim by Andrew Boryga: 9780385549974 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books There’s a fine line between bending the truth and telling bold-faced lies, and Javier Perez is willing to cross it. Victim is a fearless satire about a hustler from the Bronx who sees through...

If you're interested in learning more about said novel: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725334...

Hi Bluesky, my name is Andrew. I'm here for three reasons: to claim my handle because I think its cool, to tell you about my debut novel, VICTIM, A sendup of virtue signaling and tear-jerking trauma plots out next month, and because I really miss @matjohnson.bsky.social's jokes.