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Clover Press has announced plans to publish A Champions Story: The Life of Greg Louganis, a biographical graphic novel about famed Olympic champion diver

From memoirs and fiction to romances and humor, their works are as diverse and dynamic as the authors themselves.

The work, debuting at Moab Music Festival, is inspired by the actor’s childhood in an internment camp.

Oakland Black Pride Month: Inside/Out! Pride 2021 The stellar lineup is full of fun activities and events, including a schedule of diverse online panels and classes, a queer pub crawl, “Breaking Bread Benefit Dinner,” a “Skate for Pride” dance party and an expo in Jingletown. Enter the “Queer Kickball Tournament,” and join the “Slayers Ball” 21 and older party at the Bridge Yard on June 27. June 1-27. For more information, go to oaklandblackpride.org Joe Hawkins, pictured in 201...

40 AAPI authors who made the USA TODAY bestseller list, including Jenny Han, Sanjay Gupta and Ali Wong Mary Cadden, USA TODAY © USA TODAY NETWORK Illustration by Emily Nizzi/Getty Images Pictured from left to right to left: Kevin Kwan, Charles Yu, Frances Cha, Dwayne Johnson, Jhumpa Lahiri, Susie Yang, Vice President Kamala Harris and Helen Hoang. Books from Asian American Pacific Islander writers have always found a home on USA TODAYs Best-Selling Books list. From memoirs a...

Rooting out racism in childrens books The Conversation 2 hrs ago Lindsay Pérez Huber, Associate Professor, College of Education, California State University, Long Beach © Ariel Skelley/Getty Images Childrens books need better representation of people of color. Ten years ago, I sat down with my then 8-year-old daughter to read a book before bedtime. The book was sort of a modern-day “boy who cried wolf” story, only it was about a little girl named Lucy who had a bad hab...

Print Let’s celebrate our teachers’ accomplishments including our students being back in class! As a Newport-Mesa Unified School District trustee and current board president, I would like to share thoughts from my perspective. This has been a challenging time for everyone — and I can assure you that our seven trustees have heard from a broad section of students, teachers, staff, parents and administrators on every topic relating to schools. Much of our board’s responsibility over the pa...

The former "Star Trek" actor turned activist released "They Called Us Enemy" in 2019.

May 5, 2021 May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and there are many official events and tributes happening around the country to celebrate the contributions and achievements of the AAPI community. However, it’s also important that the activities we attend and media we consume throughout the entire year reflect a wide variety of experiences, including a diverse selection from the AAPI community. To that end, we have collected 16 books for children and teens that center the AAPI experi...

Written by RPS Superintendent of Schools, Susie DaSilva A Few Bits... Board of Education Budget News The Town held its Annual Town Meeting on Saturday April 24.  It was great to see and talk to everyone in person after all these months!  During the meeting the Town voted to move the Board of Education’s fiscal 2021-2022 general operating budget as approved by the Board of Finance as well as the Town’s fiscal 2021-2022 general operating budget forward to referendum.   The Town Refe...