- Heights
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was fortunate to have many teachers who encouraged me - one of the first was Dianne Derrick, my 5th grade teacher at Woodbury Elementary. She challenged us to write creatively and praised my work, but most importantly, she treated writing like it was important.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think I know a single person who's a minority who hasn't experienced some form of discrimination at one time or another.
- No Idea
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course, as a kid, I had no idea what was practical: I wanted to be a paleontologist, then an astronaut.
- Election
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- Nov 07, 2020
I began using the #smallacts hashtag on Twitter shortly after the 2016 election as a way to resist. To resist the intolerance growing in our nation, to resist an upcoming administration that I believe threatens to pull us backward and strip rights from those already marginalized.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's easy to feel helpless - like you can't fight the tide. But remember: small actions can have a huge impact, and one person like you can inspire others to action.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
As the Trump administration takes office - and we see acts of racism, misogyny, homophobia, and other forms of discrimination around the country - ask yourself, 'What's important to me? What do I care about? What have I benefitted from that I want to pay forward?' Then look for ways to spread help and hope.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Books by women, people of color, LGBTQ authors, differently abled people, and non-Americans are a great way of broadening horizons and building empathy.
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Local politics is just as important as national - and often easier to influence.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the case of 'Everything I Never Told You,' my goal was to make the experiences of a family that had always felt marginalised feel accessible and understandable even to people who'd never been in that situation.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a great joy in writing about a place you know very well, but there's also a lot of responsibility in trying to be accurate. It's a lot like writing about a relative: you can see both their strengths and their shortcomings, and even as you want to be honest, you want people to see the good that's there as well.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think of myself as a mystery or thriller writer, honestly. I am in awe of mystery writers and don't think I have what it takes to write such a book.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a first-generation Chinese-American; my husband is white. We have a little boy, so I think a lot about what it's like when people from different cultures and backgrounds start families, and how the world sees them. Most of my friends are in interracial relationships, and I just wonder what the world is going to look like for their children.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother wrote a teen column for the South China Morning Post in the 1950s when she was growing up in Hong Kong. Her name was Lily Mark, but she sometimes wrote under her confirmation name, Margaret Mark. That was how she met my father.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020