Episode 129: Interview with bestselling author Renée Watson

[This interview was conducted online so there may be some audio variation.] For the 10th anniversary year of Minorities in Pub, Jenn welcomes back best-selling & award-winning author Renée Watson for her fourth episode (in a year she has 4 books publishing)! We discussed Renée origins in storytelling as a poet and playwright when she started a performing arts company in high school, her new book of poetry BLACK GIRL YOU ARE ATLAS (illustrated by Ekua Holmes), the benefits & necessity of poetry--and poetry for young people--in her work as a teaching-artist, and how early rejections can lead to big successes. [Transcript of this episode can be found on Tumblr . You can sign up for the MiP monthly newsletter with job listings, guest news, and new eps here .] Intro/Outro music is by Moutaineer and licensed through Premuim Beat .

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Episode 129: Interview with bestselling author Renée Watson is an episode from Minorities in Publishing by Jenn Baker.

This episode is 45:07 long.

This episode was published on Feb 14, 2024.

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