Alex Gino

I had the honor of attending a roundtable on book banning convened by Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley in the Library of Congress! She is introducing #BooksSaveLives legislation and we met to talk about current issues in the field, messaging, etc.

Of special note, I responded to ye olde “parents can decide what books their kids read” […]

The author’s copy. Reader fixes below.

Edit Oct. 28 2021: Hurray! My publisher, Scholastic, is officially changing the title to Melissa! Read more about the change in this Publisher’s Weekly article as well as my thoughts at the On Our Minds Scholastic blog. And download a new printable cover here or fill out this […]

Hey folks! I’m writing more postcards to voters in April, and I invite you to join me in sending at least 10 postcards to likely progressive voters to encourage them to vote in special elections.

Why: First off, you will have brightened peoples’ days with handwritten postcards and bettered democracy. Plus, one person will get […]

People have been goofing on my name and pronouns since I started telling people what they were almost twenty years ago. (Let’s be real, people have been goofing on my pronouns since I was born, but that’s for another day.) Twenty years of apologies. It’s gotten old.

At one extreme, there’s the overstrained and beleaguered […]

Here’s a close approximation of the speech I gave at ALA on Monday, June 27, 2016 on accepting the first ever Children’s Stonewall Award:

Good morning! I’m honored that you’re here. I’m honored that I’m here. First a few thank yous:

To the Stonewall Committee, especially the Children’s & Young Adult Sub-Committee, and to […]