Afternoon links.
- Letters to a Young Librarian: You're Going to Piss People Off.
- Kidlit-related products: Daughter of Smoke & Bone jewelry and Mo WillemsPIGEON FABRIC. I WILL DIE IF I DON'T GET ME SOME OF THAT PIGEON FABRIC. AND WE TOTALLY NEED A NEW QUILT, TOO. *plots*
- Monica Edinger at the HuffPo: Stop Calling Books for Kids 'Young Adult'
- RH Reality Check: "This week, the Austin Independent School District in Austin, Texas cancelled ten performances of a play called, And Then Came Tango, which is based on the true (and often controversial) story of two male penguins at the Central Park Zoo who raised a baby together."
- KStew, WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?
- Kellen Lutz (and my friend Tim from high school! <3) in a Funny or Die video:
- Speaking of Tim (who is also the brother of hello hello books), he's involved in the indie film Blue Potato, which, oddly enough, is set in my father's hometown and is about someone with our last name. (Not that French names are remotely unusual up in The County, but still.)
- New tumblr to follow: The Sensible Nonsense Project. Tagline: "Remembering the books that taught us more than we ever cared to learn."
- At the Guardian: Gregg Olsen's top 10 deadly reads. (Olsen is the author of Envy.)