"Even someone like me can make an impact"

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!

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Thanks for sitting with me! I’ll save you a seat for next time.

Your wanting-to-try-menudo friend,

Rachel