What is Your Water? Establishing a Lingua Franca in Community Literatures

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Kamal Nassif

Author and artist Christopher Myers.

Make Me a World is an imprint of Random House publishing books for young readers by a diverse roster of writers and artists; its creative director is Christopher Myers, an acclaimed writer and artist in a variety of mediums. Myers will deliver the annual Charlotte Zolotow lecture, hosted by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at UW-Madison. Note, the talk is intended for adults; Myers will be signing books following the lecture. A livestream version will be available here.

press release: Established in 1998, the lecture was named to honor Charlotte Zolotow, a distinguished children's book editor for 38 years with Harper Junior Books, and author of more than 65 picture books, including such classic works as Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present (Harper, 1962) and William's Doll (Harper, 1972). Ms. Zolotow attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison on a writing scholarship from 1933-36 where she studied with Professor Helen C. White. The Cooperative Children's Book Center, a library of the School of Education of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, administers the event which each year brings a distinguished children's book author or illustrator to the campus to deliver a free public lecture.

This year's lecturer, Christopher Myers, is the author and illustrator of distinguished, singular books for youth, including Wings, H.O.R.S.E., My Pen, and Black Cat. He has also illustrated books written by his late father, Walter Dean Myers, including Harlem, Jazz, and Monster. He is the creative director of the Make Me a World imprint at Random House Children’s Books, committed to publishing stories that defy erasure, eliminate borders, respond to hard questions, and nurture dreams.

Mr. Myers is the author and illustrator of distinguished, singular books for youth, including Wings, H.O.R.S.E., My Pen, and Black Cat. He has also illustrated books written by his late father, Walter Dean Myers, including Harlem, Jazz, and Monster. He is the creative director of the Make Me a World imprint at Random House Children’s Books, committed to publishing stories that defy erasure, eliminate borders, respond to hard questions, and nurture dreams.