Alicia D WilliamsMay 20, 20191 min readWhat's the age level for Genesis?Good question. Simon & Schuster says grades sixth through eighth. Some teachers say fifth graders can read it. Twitter, well, adults are...
Alicia D WilliamsMay 11, 20191 min readGenesis Made Another List#bookriot #GenesisBeginsAgain #mglit #middlegradefiction #amreading #childrenslit #childrensliterature #middlegradebooks #blackauthors
Alicia D WilliamsFeb 1, 20191 min readThis lil' girl from Detroit was on NPRI know, I know I'm a full grown woman, but I was as nervous as a little girl on the first day of school. It was, after all, my first...
Alicia D WilliamsJan 20, 20191 min readAre we NOW ready to talk about colorism?Colorism is when we discriminate against people with darker skin tones, AND it happens within the same race. It is such a sensitive...
Alicia D WilliamsJan 20, 20191 min readWhy we need to discuss colorism: Reason #42This article from Blativity by Alexa Lisitza was sent to me...and I'm gonna drop it right here and let it marinate....
Alicia D WilliamsJan 13, 20191 min readBooklist thinks you should read GENESISHad you asked me at any point during the writing and revising of GENESIS if I expected people to be excited about my story, I would have...