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finally, gimme that YA with unicorns 🦄. just...gimme. #mswl
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i would LOVE to see stories about immigrant communities - especially ones with a multi-generational family angle in the vein of mitali perkins' YOU BRING THE DISTANT NEAR #mswl
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i also need more contemporary fantasy that draws from diverse folklore! anything in the vein of daniel josé older's SHADOWSHAPER or kat cho's WICKED FOX #mswl
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i'm desperate for commercial, soap-y, contemporary YA that is both highly aspirational and has high emotional stakes. think anything from casey mcquiston's RED WHITE AND ROYAL BLUE to jennifer lynn barnes' THE FIXER #mswl
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DIVERSE LOVE STORIES, DIVERSE ROM COMS, DIVERSE ROM DRAMS! 💕💕💕 please send me anything in the vein of jenny han's TATBLIB, sandhya menon's WHEN DIMPLE MET RISHI, maurene goo's THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL, and gloria chao's AMERICAN PANDA #mswl
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in general, would love more contemporary YA that takes place outside the U.S. #mswl
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i am forever looking for YA written by korean/korean american authors that feature korean/korean american characters - especially contemporary stories that take place in korea 🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷 #mswl
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first and always, i am looking for YA by underrepresented creators, featuring underrepresented characters - especially commercial, contemporary fiction that leads with joy #mswl
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agent friends! watching bong joon ho make history last night 🇰🇷🥳💕 has restored my faith in the power of creativity
so here is my 2020 YA #mswl. let's make stories together & continue to strive towards a better world that offers mirrors, windows, and doors to all young people
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Something about the moon. Nonfiction. #mswl
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Patrice Caldwell @whimsicallyours
#BirdsOfPrey was SO GOOD. Like it was colorful and gay and like the most Harley Quinn and i can’t wait to see it fifty billion more times. Walked out of the theater feeling like a badass 🔥💕❤️YEP #BirdsofPrey graciously returned back every minute of my life stolen by Suicide Squad, and then some!
Holy crap, that was PURE DELIGHT. I flipped out, laughed, teared up... go watch and while I’m at it #MSWL!!!
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kelly andrew @KayAyDrew
I was just told by someone in my life that no one cares about reading d/Deaf or HoH own voices stories, and that I'm "barking up the wrong tree."Maybe he was right, but I've never in my life been more motivated to prove anyone wrong.
This person is both wrong and rude. I would love to see more d/Deaf and HoH #ownvoices stories in my inbox. #mswl
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Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII
I talk about this all the time but having young ppl express despair about violence/poverty in their communities, w/o helping them understand where these conditions emerge from, means they might think it has to do w/the *ppl* in those communities rather than what was done to them.I think this is a really profound point, & I would love to see some picture book MSs at @leeandlow that do this structural/societal work #MSWL
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A dreary Thursday afternoon feels like the perfect time to share some of my recent anti #MSWL preferences, so here I go! Currently NOT looking for projects that feature the following themes:
tech/robots
sports
religion
dance
time travel
verse
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Diana M. Pho 📚 @writersyndrome
For #MSWL in horror- Creepy Southern/Western Americana or non-Western world Gothic
- horror that interrogates sociopolitical fears
- anything you can see Bruce Campbell starring in
- no exploitative violence against femmes and POC pls
Check out @writersyndrome's whole thread, but I'm highlighting her #horror #mswl for @TorNightfire!
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claddy (clown daddy) @inkybarracuda
sometimes relationship advice reddit is cute, actually pic.twitter.com/tVbLAapd7Emy eyes? heart-shaped
my heart? a pile of goo✨
#mswl pls!!!
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Sarah Guan @Sarah_Guan
SNOW WHITE >> FOREST OF A THOUSAND LANTERNS @juliecdaoBEAUTY AND THE BEAST >> IN THE VANISHER’S PALACE @aliettedb
ROMEO & JULIET >> STREET LOVE by Walter Dean Myers (RIP, I had to include this one)
There are so many more! You could fill a whole display and then some!
Since we’re here: I’d love to acquire some diverse speculative retellings of classic novels and myths by marginalized writers for @ErewhonBooks!
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I would very much love to see a non-white author reimagine The Secret Garden for today’s middle grade readers. #mswl