Hi there,
I have some exciting news. AT THE KID TABLE is now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! You can now listen here on substack and/or subscribe wherever you usually listen to podcasts.
In this episode, award-winning children’s book author Stephen Briseño chats with us about:
* Eating menudo and other delicious Mexican food at the kid table with his family
* Discovering writing as a safe way to express himself as a shy kid
* Using his love of movies as inspiration for his stories and his craft
* Writing as a hunk of clay that you shave away
* Studying mentor texts in an effective way
* Empowering kids through representation
* Writing from the Mexican-American perspective—always
And you don’t want to miss the four questions he uses to evaluate a story!
Purchase THE NOTEBOOK KEEPER and preorder QUEEN OF LEAVES from your local independent bookstore!
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Thanks to Angela Pham Krans for being such a wonderful cohost, Whiskey Geraldine for the amazing music and author Joanna Rowland for sponsoring this episode. If you would like to sponsor an episode, become a paid subscriber, and we’ll give you a shoutout!
Thanks for sitting with me! I’ll save you a seat for next time.
Your wanting-to-try-menudo friend,
Rachel
