Kwame Alexander: Let's Get Busy, Episode 226

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Surf’s Up

Kwame Alexander (@kwamealexander), author most recently of Surf’s Up, illustrated by Daniel Miyares (@danielmiyares), and winner of the 2015 Newbery Award for The Crossover, stops by the podcast to talk about the economy of words, the spiritual journey through the white space left on the page, and the joy and power of reading.



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Episode Notes

Kwame Alexander‘s homepage
Other authors mentioned:
Nikki Giovanni
Cece Bell
Jacqueline Woodson

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Matthew Winner

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Matthew Winner is an elementary library media specialist in Elkridge, Maryland. He is is the co-founder and content director of All The Wonders, a children’s literature website and more, and host of the Let's Get Busy podcast, a weekly podcast where Matthew talks to authors, illustrators, award winners, up-and-comers, and everyone in between. In 2013 Matthew was named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker and was invited to the White House as part of the Champions of Change program. For more information, connect with Matthew on Twitter at @MatthewWinner .