Deborah Heiligman doesn’t remember receiving the Printz call. “Apparently, I screamed.” She told us the story of getting Transient Global Amnesia. She started asking “What just happened? What’s going on?” She was agitated and confused. She could only remember for 90 seconds at a time. This is why she missed the YALSA Nonfiction Awards in Denver.<\/p>\n It turns out that TGA can be caused by strong emotion. Is the moral to “try not to get too excited”?<\/p>\n Vincent painted for art’s sake – and Theo’s approval.<\/p>\n Vincent was a great artist in spite of his mental illness.<\/p>\n We want to leave the world a souvenir. Wake someone up to the world.<\/p>\n Laini Taylor, for Strange the Dreamer<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n She works hard at not getting hopes up at award time. It’s a unique form of meditation – “No hope.”<\/p>\n But Hope isn’t something you decide not to have. Hope is all surly and defiant.<\/p>\n Usually good news comes in pieces, over time, with assembly required.<\/p>\n When she did get the call, there was a “totally overwhelming clobber of emotion.”<\/p>\n “Sometimes this writing thing feels like launching a paper boat when you can’t see the far shore.”<\/p>\n With Fantasy, recognition feels extra good, since Fantasy is often dismissed.<\/p>\n Shame is heavy — but it is a safeguard. It says decency is real and lines exist. Our government is being shameless and erasing lines. The thought of her 8-year-old daughter being separated from her makes her lose her mind.<\/p>\n As readers and writers, we imagine other lives. “Decency depends on empathy. Empathy depends on imagination.”<\/p>\n Strange the Dreamer<\/em> hinges on whether it’s possible to save a traumatized child from her consuming hatred. As long as there’s even one dreamer left — there’s hope.<\/p>\n Angie Thomas, for The Hate U Give<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n This past week has been trying as horrific events unfold in our nation. She can revive her characters with the stroke of a pen, but she can’t revive Antwone Rose, who was gunned down this week in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n In fiction, she can delete injustice.<\/p>\n We should not live in a world where children become activists. Kids shouldn’t have to tell us we need to change.<\/p>\n These young people feel fired. “The least I can do is fan the flames.”<\/p>\n What children’s literature has always shown is that anyone can be a superhero. Yes, even you.<\/p>\n Let’s not leave the work all on them. Acknowledge the injustice around you to the point it angers and exhausts you.<\/p>\n “By faith, I thank you for changing the world.”<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Printz0.jpg\")
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