{"id":66844,"date":"2019-04-18T13:35:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T17:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=66844"},"modified":"2023-08-30T21:08:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T01:08:31","slug":"community-welcomes-author-malinda-lo-for-wheelock-reads","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2019\/community-welcomes-author-malinda-lo-for-wheelock-reads\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Welcomes Author Malinda Lo for Wheelock Reads"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Equity, Diversity &amp; Inclusion<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCommunity Welcomes Author Malinda Lo for Wheelock Reads\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar js-block-editorial-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">April 18, 2019<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/authors\/grace-hagerty\/\">Grace Hagerty<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2019\/04\/81JeHdzSw3L-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43302\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 17, BU Wheelock hosted its fourth annual Wheelock Reads event, welcoming Malinda Lo, author of the young adult novel&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.malindalo.com\/a-line-in-the-dark\">A Line in the Dark<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to being a critically acclaimed YA novelist, Lo is also a researcher who studies diversity in young adult literature publishing. She is the co-founder of the website Diversity in YA, which celebrates YA books about all kinds of diversity, from race to sexual orientation to gender identity and disability.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following a presentation addressing the importance of complex and compelling stories for teen readers, Lo fielded questions about <em>A Line in the Dark, <\/em>a psychological thriller. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Malinda Lo provided us a terrific mix of research and personal experiences to give us a truly insider look at what the field of Young Adult literature looks like when we focus on LGBTQIA characters,&#8221; says Laura Jim\u00e9nez, chair of BU Wheelock&#8217;s Equity, Diversity &amp; Inclusion committee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jim\u00e9nez also expressed her hope for the Wheelock Reads series to continue as an annual community engagement. &#8220;We have a rich and varied cohort of children\u2019s literature authors in the Boston area that helps make the connection between education and literature alive and present,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 17, BU Wheelock hosted its fourth annual Wheelock Reads event, welcoming Malinda Lo, author of the young adult novel&nbsp;A Line in the Dark. 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