INTERVIEWED
“Getting It Right: Sensitivity Readers Help Ensure Authentic Characters” in SLJ, December 2023
INTERVIEWED
“The Debate Over Scholastic’s Divisive New Book Fair Collection” at Parents, 2023
INTERVIEWED
“Is literature important in times of conflict?” at How to Be Books, 2023
INTERVIEWED
“Why do you need an authenticity screener?” – interviewed for Write2Thrill, 2023
APPEARANCE
“Fantastical Girls and Spellbinding Stories” – a panel about middle grade magical girls with Angie Thomas, Kiyash Monsef, Flora Ahn, and Sara Soh at the 2023 LA Times Festival of Books
APPEARANCE
“Partners, Not Censors: Sensitivity Reading and Cultural Accuracy Editing in the Publishing Process” – a seminar I gave at the London Book Fair, 2023
INTERVIEWED
“As Classic Novels Get Revised for Today’s Readers, a Debate About Where to Draw the Line” – by Alexandra Alter and Elizabeth A. Harris, The New York Times, 2023
INTERVIEWED
“Censorship or progress? Sensitivity readers” – by Clémentine Goldszal, M, magazine from Le Monde, 2023
INTERVIEWED
“We Are Latinx” – by Cristina Silva, USA Today, 2022
APPEARANCE
“The State of Data-Infused Publishing” – with Target Audience Insights, 2022
QUOTED
“Massive merger blocked” – Muck Rack Daily, 2022
QUOTED
“Where have all the picture books gone?” – by Stephanie Linning, The Daily Mail, 2022
MENTIONED
“Gómez’s essay is a true joy, offers phenomenal insight into academia/libraries/publishing, and is the one that I’m still thinking about most” – from Deela Sees, 2022
APPEARANCE
Panelist, “Black Love Matters,” also featuring Jessica P. Pryde and Adriana Herrera; interlocutor, “A Conversation with Marie Lu;” Moderator, “The Art of Retelling” (featuring Ali Hazelwood, Katee Robert, & Alana Quintana Albertson) at Tucson Festival of Books 2022
APPEARANCE
Sat on panel about cultural accuracy and taught a revision workshop at WriterFest Nashville, 2021
APPEARANCE
“The Suspense is Killing Me”: a panel about thrillers and suspense for teens featuring Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Tiffany D. Jackson, Barry Lyga, Mariko Tamaki, and Kara Thomas at SLJ Teen Live! 2021
APPEARANCE
“Young Adult Fiction: The Black Experience” – with Morgan Parker, Yusef Salaam, Ibi Zoboi, and Dean Atta, LA Times, 2021
APPEARANCE
“Stand Up, Speak Up in the Face of Adversity” – with Angeline Boulley, Sharon G. Flake, and Liza Wiemer, Tucson Festival of Books, 2021
MENTIONED
“Concealing White Supremacy through Fantasies of the Library” – by Michele R. Santamaria, in Library Trends, 2020
APPEARANCE
“Dignity Exposed” – with Jessica Dennes, on Healing the City, 2020
MENTIONED
“13 Podcasts About Books That Every Bookworm Needs to Get Into” – by Sarah Felbin, Popsugar, 2020
APPEARANCE
“Family Matters,” a panel on YA realistic fiction featuring Jennifer Mathieu, Maika and Maritza Moulite, Gabby Rivera, Laura Ruby, and Karol Ruth Silverstein, at SLJ Teen Live! 2019
APPEARANCE
Moderator, “The Importance of Own Voices Stories” featuring Ellen Oh, Renee Watson, Ellen Hagan, and Cynthia Leitich Smith; Moderator, “Telling the Stories of People Who Take Action” featuring Sylvia Acevedo, G. Neri, Andrea Watson, and Pamela Turner, at Tucson Festival of Books 2019
APPEARANCE
“Mental Health in YA,” a panel featuring Lindsay Champion, Dana L. Davis, Adib Khorram, An Na, and Maggie Thrash, at SLJ Teen Live! 2018
APPEARANCE
Panelist in “Brilliance, Magic, and Black Girls,” also featuring Denene Millner and Zetta Elliott, moderated by Edith Campbell, at ALA 2018 (highlighted in PW, the Horn Book, and Birmingham Public Library blog)
MENTIONED
Author interview with Cordelia Jensen – by Annie at Blossoms and Bullet Journals, 2018
QUOTED
“Decentering Whiteness and Monolingualism in the Reception of Latinx YA Literature” – by Ashley Hope Pérez and Patricia Enciso, in Bilingual Review, 2017
QUOTED
“Twitter, Critique, and Children’s Literature…Oh My” by Laura Jimenez, Booktoss, 2017
APPEARANCE
“Reading Picture Books with Children Through a Race-Conscious Lens” – with Megan Dowd Lambert and Embrace Race, 2017
INTERVIEWED
“El peligro de una historia única” – by Carolina Cynovich, Universidad ORT Uruguay, 2016
APPEARANCE
“Jewishness and Whiteness” – with Allie Jane Bruce, at Reading While White, 2016
INTERVIEWED
“Why We Need Diverse Books” – Germ Magazine, 2016
APPEARANCE
Horn Book podcast with Siân Gaetano and Roger Sutton, 2016
INTERVIEWED
“Librarians Tackle Body Shaming” by Shelley Diaz, School Library Journal, 2015
MENTIONED
Sarah McCarry on First Draft with Sarah Enni, 2015
QUOTED
“Fart Jokes and Feelings” and “Pride and Diversity at Annual” – American Libraries, 2015
INTERVIEWED
Profiled by Kate Hart on Badass Ladies You Should Know, 2015
INTERVIEWED
“Multiracial Teens Talk About Their Identity Rip Tides” by Stephanie Geier and Alison Bowen, Women’s eNews, 2015
MENTIONED
“I love her blog because she comes strong with the opinions and her takes are often so right on” – by Jon Yang, on Rich in Color, 2014
MENTIONED
“Hatred of Publishing” – Sarah McCarry and Jennifer Pan in Full Stop, 2014