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Some very good news. ⭐️ From @aclu_or: VICTO Some very good news. ⭐️

From @aclu_or:

VICTORY: The Oregon Legislature passes the Freedom to Read Bill!

📖 SB 1098 prohibits discriminatory book bans and other forms of censorship in Oregon public schools if the ban or censorship constitutes discrimination based on race, sex, gender identity, and other protected statuses.

💙 Thank you to all of our partners, community, and legislators who’ve helped move this bill forward.

🖊️ SB 1098 is now on the way to the Governor’s desk to be signed into law!
Happy Birthday to the wonderfullest and the best! Happy Birthday to the wonderfullest and the best! We love you, Chris! 🌺🕺🏻💕
Found these beauties at the secondhand shop. ♥️ (The paintings came home with me but, sadly, the dragon head stayed behind). 🐉
A familiar face on Goodreads. 🌺♥️🌺 A familiar face on Goodreads. 🌺♥️🌺
This week I had the pleasure of chatting with stud This week I had the pleasure of chatting with students at my old middle school on Guam. ♥️ Because of the time difference it was Tuesday/9:15pm my time and Wednesday/2:15pm their time. I love questions from middle schoolers because you never know what you’re going to get. Not only, “How did you choose the names in Dragonfruit?” but “How old are you?” and “Do you feel famous?” 😊 Thank you to Mrs. Whitaker for the invitation, and go Roadrunners!
What a fun list to be on. 😍 Thank you, @axieoh, What a fun list to be on. 😍 Thank you, @axieoh, for the mention! ♥️
I told myself I wasn’t going to write a speech, I told myself I wasn’t going to write a speech, because I believe very strongly in the jinx. But I panicked about an hour before the ceremony and wrote some things. Swipe for my first and only draft. The words are giant in case I forgot my glasses, and the “slow” at the top was a reminder to breathe. ♥️ Thank you for your kind words. It’s been a very good week. 

First pic courtesy of Literary Arts. 

#OregonBookAwards
One of my favorites for National Poetry Month. ♥ One of my favorites for National Poetry Month. ♥️ Craig Santos Perez grew up on Guam and is a recipient of the National Book Award for Poetry. His work is beautiful. I highly recommend his latest collection, Call this Mutiny. (The title poem about that terrible tourist Ferdinand Magellan is 🔥🔥🔥).
Last night, Dragonfruit and I won an Oregon Book A Last night, Dragonfruit and I won an Oregon Book Award. 🌺🐉🌺 I don’t remember much of my speech, or even walking to the stage to be honest (although never wear heels to an awards ceremony, bad idea). I love this city, and I love how so many people turned up on a school night to celebrate books and writers and storytelling. Thank you to judges @justinwritesya, @sheelachari, and Ted Sanders, and to @literaryarts for the wonderful honor. 🌺♥️
Grateful, as always, for my neighborhood bookshops Grateful, as always, for my neighborhood bookshops. Happy Independent Bookstore Day! ♥️🔥⭐️
“And then, I have nature and art and poetry, and “And then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that’s not enough, what is enough?” ~Vincent van Gogh 

Happy Earth Day. 🌳 💚🌴
Found this beauty, and a copy of DRAGONFRUIT @daff Found this beauty, and a copy of DRAGONFRUIT @daffodilbooksandgifts in Eugene, Oregon. 🖤🐉🖤 Thank you very much to Bailey for the warm welcome. 🖤
The pen came from the wonderful @maryepearson, who The pen came from the wonderful @maryepearson, who understands. 🍑♥️
It’s been a wild ride for Hanalei and the seadra It’s been a wild ride for Hanalei and the seadragons. Thank you to everyone who picked up a copy of DRAGONFRUIT, which came out a year ago this week. 🌺🐉🌺
Update: the bill passed in the Senate (⭐️!), a Update: the bill passed in the Senate (⭐️!), and is now with the House of Representatives. 

Very hopeful for Oregon’s ‘Freedom to Read’ bill, which is scheduled for a third reading and Senate floor vote tomorrow, March 31st, at 11am.
Can’t get enough of this place. ♥️ #Multnoma Can’t get enough of this place. ♥️ #MultnomahFalls
DRAGONFRUIT has gone into its fifth printing, whic DRAGONFRUIT has gone into its fifth printing, which was very nice news to hear. 🌺 I stopped by @PowellsBooks the other day, so if you’re in the area, you can find freshly signed copies on the “Myths & Classics Retold” shelf (in fantastic company). 🌺🐉🌺
After yesterday’s school visit, when all the oth After yesterday’s school visit, when all the other students had returned to class, one student stayed behind. He pulled up a chair-Truly. He picked up a chair from the audience and brought it onto the stage, where we had a very serious talk about that plot twist in YEAR OF THE REAPER. ♥️ It was a lovely reminder to me that storytelling still has power, even today. Maybe especially today.

These photos were taken at Franklin High School here in Portland. Hafa Adai and thank you to @franklinpasifika for the beautiful leis. Thank you also to librarian Ayn Frazee for the invitation, and to all the students who took the time to read YEAR OF THE REAPER and DRAGONFRUIT. It was a pleasure to meet you! 🌺🐉🌺
It was such a pleasure to chat with students at No It was such a pleasure to chat with students at Norman North High School this morning. Look at this splendid mural they created in honor of DRAGONFRUIT. ♥️♥️♥️ (The purple seadragon, the tattoos, I can’t get over any of it). They started the project by listening to the audiobook edition (narrated by the brilliant @missmapuana), and the mural now lives on as permanent art in the school library. I am delighted and honored. ♥️

Thank you very much to teacher librarian Molly Dettmann for the invite.
We’re back home now (and I’m back to word coun We’re back home now (and I’m back to word counts). Thank you for the kind words last week. ♥️
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