TODAY I want to announce the launch of a new blog dedicated to subjects of pressing importance here in California — education, books, technology, libraries and reading. Dig Me Out — the name comes from the founder’s roots in ’90s indie rock — looks at these subjects and takes a special interest in Young Adult fiction.
It’s run by Pasadena school librarian Sara Scribner, who like many of her ilk in Southern California has been pink-slipped by her school district.
The fact that Sara — and that this turn of events could exile us out of state — is my wife makes me even more enthusiastic at directing readers of The Misread City to Dig Me Out.
Sara’a two latest posts are about the erosion of quality public education — something she and I both benefited from on different coasts in the ’70s and ’80s — and the disappearance of parents from YA novels.
Hope my readers find Sara’s new blog intriguing.
Good Luck! Win this one for Marion!