Cool Stuff For Queer Kids
The Launch Event Recording for “No Way, They Were Gay?”
What an amazing launch party! Thanks to {pages} a bookstore for hosting, and to the amazing Alex Sanchez for interviewing me. And now, with no further ado, here's the recording of the hour-long party... https://youtu.be/2iD3Sxs6DZU Feeling all kinds of grateful, The...
Last Night at the Telegraph Club – YA Historical Fiction About a Chinese American Teenage Girl Falling in Love with Another Girl in 1954 San Francisco
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo “That book. It was about two women, and they fell in love with each other.” And then Lily asked the question that had taken root in her, that was even now unfurling its leaves and demanding to be shown the sun: “Have you...
Launch Day for “No Way, They Were Gay?” is Here!
Ancestors. It means our parents, and their parents. And our grandparents' parents, and on and on, back through time. And it also means our collective, community ancestors. For those of us in the LGBTQIA2+ community, we didn't grow up knowing this part of our heritage....
The April 2021 Lee Wind video newsletter
Getting to sign preordered copies of "No Way, They Were Gay?" just days before the launch was a big moment in my author journey that I wanted to share... so here's the under two minutes mini-documentary of the experience! https://youtu.be/oMdQsHIXXZc Here's the link...
Countdown to “No Way, They Were Gay?” Launch: Days 16-4
I've been running these on social media (Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter) in my 31 day countdown to the publication of my debut nonfiction for kids and teens. And in the midst of it all, I changed my website home. So here, for fun, is the countdown up through today....
Amber Ruffin’s “How Did We Get Here?” on Anti-Asian Hate Crimes
In under six minutes, Amber - a comedian who wasn't on my radar but now is - breaks down the path that got us to this current situation, with violence and hate crimes against Asian Americans spiking, and the murder of eight people – including six Asian Americans in...
Internal vs. External Validation – an author’s challenge
So you may have heard I have a book coming out soon. I'm really excited about it, and at the same time, I'm struggling with balancing what I control in this situation – and what I don't. There is so much I don't control. How many copies have been preordered from the...
The many, many problems with “super straight.”
If you haven't heard of "super straight" yet, hold on - Jammidodger catches you up and unpacks it really well: https://youtu.be/A3Ai21yBPKw Jammidodger (Jamie) identifies as a Bisexual Trans Man, and he makes so many great points about how this new thing of straight...
I’m throwing a launch party, and you’re invited!
{pages} is excited to present a special virtual conversation between authors Lee Wind and Alex Sanchez on Tuesday April 6, 2021 at 6:30pm Pacific to celebrate the publication of Lee’s nonfiction book for readers age 11 and up, No Way, They Were Gay? Hidden Lives...
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