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Episode 18: Adrianna Cuevas

Episode 18: Adrianna Cuevas

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 This week, AWM Assistant Director of Programming and Education, Sonal Shukla, chats with Adrianna Cuevas, debut author of the middle grade fantasy novel The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez. We hope you enjoy entering the mind of a writer. Find more episodes here. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS “I pretty much live in my own head most of the time, so surrounding myself with my imagination and writing helps me get it all out.” “It was my way to honor my family and my history, especially as someone who’s first-generation. When my family left Cuba they couldn’t bring anything with them. So the things that we have preserving our history are our language, which I shoved in the book; food, recipes, which I shoved in the book; and then the stories we’ve told each other.” “It makes a big difference that we do have such a wide variety in kid lit of identities shown and expressed because I think it helps kids realize that reading and stories can be for everybody. And then it helps them feel lik
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