
Alex Villasante
@magpiewrites
Author of THE GRIEF KEEPER, winner 2020 Lambda Literary Award │ co-founder @latinxKidlitBF │ rep'd by @wordoneliterary │ she/her/ella 🇺🇾🏳️🌈
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The Highlights Foundation is a beacon for so many #kidlit creatives, and the Latinx Kidlit Book Festival is deeply honored to continue to count on their support. #LKBF23









"The most important thing is to stand up and be counted. Resist, resist, resist." — #BannedBookWeek Honorary Chair LeVar Burton on The ReidOut with @JoyAnnReid. #LetFreedomRead msnbc.com/the-reidout/wa…

I'm so proud of this short story—I channeled my art school past and my love of NYC to write Prefiero No - not to mention my strange attachment to Bartleby The Scrivener! thank you sandraproudman.bsky.social for including me in this incredible anthology!!

Thrilled and honored to have been featured in Publishers Weekly on behalf of Latinx KidLit Book Festival discussing the obstacles of book bans and the significance of diverse stories in showcasing our shared human experiences. Check it out! #BookBans #DiverseStories buff.ly/3GnJGDI



LATINX VOICES: AN IN-COMMUNITY RETREAT FOR STORYTELLERS w. Alex Villasante, @NoNieqaRamos, M. García Peña / Mia García 🇵🇷, & Alyssa Reynoso-Morris. Pre-order Plàtanos Are Love 🗓️October 27 - October 30 highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/latin…



Join Jack Wong, Lucy Ruth Cummins, Emily Joof - and me at this The Highlights Foundation VIRTUAL Gather hosted by Alex Villasante. We'll chat about our swimming #picturebooks! Register here: highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/free-…… Chronicle Kids Kaylani Juanita @BookishAriel KidLit in Color Soaring20sPB


Find #kidlitbooks for #pridemonth in the LKBF Bookshop bookstore 🌈❤️ #Pride2024 #LoveIsLove #LKBF24 bookshop.org/shop/LatinxKid…. Aida Salazar JOVITA WORE PANTS & CALLING THE MOON @mgenhart Alex Villasante


honestly, this is one of the most gorgeous, feelings-forward, glittering and gem-cut YA books I've read in a long time. Like all of Anna-Marie McLemore ✨ SELF-MADE BOYS out now books, FLAWLESS GIRLS seeps into my dreams and stays there, flickering with secrets. ✨Sigh💎.

