Myself, a young kid in the suburbs, going down south to mississippi every summer. That was my childhood experience. Host who happened to be africanamerican guest exactly. And i never saw that. So then i started writing because i was forced to take a graduate class in writing as part of my requirements. And my first writing teacher said you need to be a writer. Forget the scholar. [laughter] you need to be writing, its for important. And she turned me into a writer. She forced know keep writing over and over again. Because then i moved to new york pause thats what youre told to do, and i got another degree. Fine arts in writing for children at the new school. And really tried to learn the business and realized, oh, theres a lot of [inaudible] and theres a lot of rewriting x theres a lot of, you know, trying to figure out that this game is based on relationships too and how youre perceived. So then i really started writing a lot and launched a packaging company, because i realized that i
Destinations on our cities tour, go to cspan. Org citiestour. Host Dhonielle Clayton, what is that button youre wearing . Guest we need diverse books. Host what does that mean . Guest it means we want the Publishing Industry to have books that actively reflect the children of america. Host is there an Organization Behind that button . Guest yes, it is. Host what is it . Guest it is a nonprofit organization, and were working on about six programs in order to get at the issue from many different sides. From librarians, booksellers, publishers, editors. We want to try to see if we can create more diverse books so that every child can see themselves in the pages of stories and see themselves as a hero. Host and does that need to come from a pool of diverse authors . Guest yes. [laughter] so thats part of our mission. We have a Mentorship Program trying to help authors break into this business which can very much feel nebulous and feel like a good old boys club. So were definitely working o
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