by Mary E. Cronin | Oct 12, 2016 | LGBTQ+, Uncategorized
Searching for My Sidekick: I wrote that essay three years ago, as I remembered my childhood friend Wilfredo on his October 12 birthday. I’d recently learned that he had died, and I had an unsettled feeling, wondering about the circumstances of his death at age...
by Mary E. Cronin | Oct 4, 2016 | LGBTQ+, Middle-grade fiction, Teaching, Uncategorized
There is nothing like that clean-page feeling of fall! I have been energetically contributing to blogs, writing articles, and revising my middle grade novel ever since I turned that page to September. A few links: My article “Coming Out to My College...
by Mary E. Cronin | Jun 30, 2016 | Cape Cod, Community connections, LGBTQ+, Middle-grade fiction, Poetry, Teaching, We Need Diverse Books
Getting an invitation to talk about children’s books and summer? No way I’d turn that down! I had the chance to join host Mindy Todd and Falmouth librarian Jill Erickson at WCAI-FM (Cape and Islands NPR station) recently, and we talked about so. many....
by Mary E. Cronin | Apr 29, 2016 | Cape Cod, Community connections, Teaching
“Never the leave the house without a book.” That’s one of the tips we discussed yesterday on The Point, a morning program on WCAI-FM, the NPR station for Cape Cod and the Islands. Host Mindy Todd and I discussed how to instill a love of reading in...
by Mary E. Cronin | Mar 29, 2016 | Cape Cod, Community connections, Middle-grade fiction, Poetry, Teaching, We Need Diverse Books
Raising a Reader! I’m offering this community education class in May 2016 at the Cape Cod Campus of Bridgewater State University. Raising a Reader is a non-credit course aimed at parents and caregivers who want to infuse a love of reading and books into their...