A Hello Vlog
Thursday, August 28, 2008
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I am the award-winning author of 22 books, editorial director of the PBS arts and culture show "Articulate with Jim Cotter," an adjunct teacher at the University of Pennsylvania, a co-founder of Juncture Workshops, an essayist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and a book reviewer for the Chicago Tribune. I take photographs. I hope for peace. All blog text and photographs copyrighted.
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This Is the Story of You
"This beautifully written book works on many levels and is rich in its characterization, emotion, language, and hint of mystery." SLJ Starred Review. “A masterful exploration of nature's power to shake human foundations, literal and figurative.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review. "Kephart (One Stolen Thing) establishes relatable characters and a poetic style that artfully blend the island days before and after the storm.” — Publishers Weekly. A Junior Library Guild and Scholstic Book Club selection. Chronicle Books. Click on the image to learn more.
LOVE: A Philadelphia Affair
"... another excellent nonfiction book for the general reader." Library Journal. LOVE is the Upper Dublin/Wissahickon Valley Libraries Let's DIscuss It Pick. More more on the book and events, click on the image.
One Thing Stolen
2016 TAYSHAS Reading List, Parents' Choice Gold Medal Selection. Shelf Awareness Starred Review. Booklist Starred Review: "An enigmatic, atmospheric, and beautifully written tale." "Kephart at her poetic and powerful best. ONE THING STOLEN is a masterwork—a nest of beauty and loss, a flood of passion so sweet one can taste it. This is no ordinary book. It fits into no box. It is its own box—its own language." — A.S. King. Amazon Editor's April Pick. Top 14 Teen April Novel, by Bustle. Find out more about this Florence novel, due out from Chronicle Books in April 2015, by clicking on the image.
Going Over
GOING OVER is a 2014 Booklist Editors' Choice, the Gold Medal Winner/Historical Fiction/Parents' Choice Awards, an ABA Best Books for Children & Teens, 2015 TAYSHAS Reading List, YALSA BFYA selection, a Junior Library Guild selection,voted as a 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime, a Booklist Top Ten Historical Novel for Youth, a School Library Journal Pick of the Day, an Amazon Big Spring Book, an iBooks Spring's Biggest Book, and has received starred reviews from Booklist, School Library Journal, and Shelf Awareness.. Click on the image for more information.
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Small Damages
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11 comments:
Aww I know how you feel. My brother went to college last weekend and I miss him! My family and I always feel so sad whenever we drive by him towards the exit of the college campus. My mom cried, just like last year (the first time he went to college, his a sophomore now) when we dropped him off on Saturday. We're all can't wait until the next break he has so we can visit him!
I loved your first vlog. I'm looking forward to all the new things you mentioned!
-May
Howdy!
It's amazing what you are doing. I've always been a shy person so I truly appreciate the way you are putting yourself out here. (so shy that if I had come to a signing for Undercover, I probably wouldn't have been able to tell you how much I loved the book! Thank goodness you discovered my blog!)
I have just one request. Please, please, please vlog some passages from UNDERCOVER and HOUSE! :-)
yay! how brave--I'm not going to be doing that for a while yet. I look forward to more of your vlogs!
but I'd like to make a little suggestion: quieter music--if you feel the need to use it at all. the music that was at the end of this vlog nearly drowned out your last couple sentences.
How lovely to see you! Looking forward to more vlogs. :)
I am so grateful for the comments here (and for the ones that came in via email, thank you Tom and Jennie).
I'm still finagling with this software. I want to do fade ins and soft transitions and softer music and all the things that make for better visual and vocal art.
(or for art, to begin with)
I'm so grateful to you for bearing with me as I try to get (more) of this right. When I saw the vlog posted I reminded myself of the Jesse James movie I watched the other night. There were Brad Pitt and Casey Afleck, working off a Ron Hansen book. I should have been glued. Instead, I found myself saying to my husband, repeatedly:
What did they say?
What?
Wait. What?
Very, very beautiful! I especially like the part about imagining you are your words; it makes me think of a friend of mine.
Please do more vlogs, and I agree with Em!
What a lovely message. I can relate to the odd feeling of exposure that comes from stepping out beyond the words on the page. It's so good that you did, though, because this kind of gracious authenticity is the Web at its best and highest purpose. Looking forward to more vlogs!
Thank you for a lovely hello! You are very brave to do this and I applaud you. I bet your son is going to be so proud!
A beautiful hello, Beth! I'm amazed by the smoothness of your image and sound, where I clunk along at vlogging.
I look so forward to more!
Four kids have gone off to college. The last one left last week for his sophomore year. Despite my "experience", I miss him. The only thing about cell phones I like is that I can call and text all the time. They grow up. They come back. They are always our kids.
This vlog is a great way to express yourself and you've done a marvelous job. I look forward to watching more and hopefully being inspired to the same.
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