Episodios

  • A grandmother’s legacy: Sharon Sewell-Fairman finds her voice
    May 20 2025
    Women Creating Change CEO and President Sharon Sewell-Fairman talks about her path from rural Jamaica to leading a NYC nonprofit that works to increase civic engagement amongst women in New York City.
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    57 m
  • Minibabble: Dystopian novels – Warning, not blueprint.
    May 10 2025
    Some thoughts from Babblery host Suki Wessling about how we should read and act upon dystopian literature. It seems that reasonable people take these novels as warnings, many people seem to take them as blueprints for how we should mold our future.
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    13 m
  • Minibabble: Carol Fisher Saller on Inclusivity in Children’s Fiction
    May 2 2025
    In this mini-episode, we focus on a change that has both energized and confused writers: the push for representation and the elimination of cultural appropriation. Author Carol Fisher Saller speaks with refreshing candor about the difficulties she faces as a white writer who genuinely wants to write representative, inclusive kidlit. She talks about the myths and misperceptions, as well as the challenges, as she tries to make her way in a changed industry.
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    15 m
  • Writing into the Future of Kidlit with Carol Fisher Saller
    Apr 22 2025
    Carol Fisher Saller moved from her career as an editor to a writer of children's books not knowing that she was witnessing the end of an era. Her first books were published by traditional, mainstream publishers who were running their businesses the way they had been run for decades. Then Carol, along with many other writers, saw the industry change around her. Now Carol is an indie publisher, trying to find new ways to bring her stories to the children who will be her readers.
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    57 m
  • Minibabble: Feeling Guilty about Feeling Good
    Apr 21 2025
    We need to feel good in order to have the energy and will to solve our problems. We need to feel bad in order to recognize problems and act on....
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    9 m
  • Minibabble: On hanging out with Harriet in the closet
    Apr 16 2025
    …and wishing it was a dumbwaiter Some thoughts on the importance of children’s literature, and how we bring the books we read as children with us throughout life. Read the....
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    5 m
  • Minibabble: Extraordinary morning
    Apr 14 2025
    It was an extraordinary morning in the redwood forest, an extraordinary morning on earth. Every morning is extraordinary when you live on this unique nursery for life.
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    3 m
  • Minibabble: Brooke Berman, Director at Midlife
    Apr 11 2025
    Brooke Berman is a first-time film director. She’s also a middle-aged woman, a mom, and a wife with a full writing career under her belt. In this mini-episode, we explore what she learned from directing her film, Ramona at Midlife.
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    18 m
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