COGNOTES MIDWINTER MEETING & EXHIBITS February 9–13, 2018 JANUARY PREVIEW | DENVER DENVER, CO AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Activists Patrisse Cullors, Marley Dias to Open the 2018 ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits arley Dias, the girl- NAACP History Maker – and wonder who started she’s been invited to the White Mthe #1000black- House. Her appearance is girlbooks Campaign, inter- sponsored by Macmillan. views Patrisse Cullors, co- Dias made headlines as a founder of the Black Lives Mat- sixth grader, when she start- ter movement, to learn what de- ed the #1000blackbirlbooks termining factors and mindset Campaign to collect and do- led each of these activists and nate 1,000 books that featured motivated them to take ac- black girls as the main charac- tion. Discover these answers ters. She realized that she saw and more when two genera- no characters like herself in tions tackle issues of inequality the books she was reading and and strive for grassroots level wanted to make a difference. solutions. The Opening Ses- And a difference she has made sion will take place on Friday, with a campaign that has, to Elizabeth Acevedo February 9 from 4:00 – 5:15 Marley Dias Patrisse Cullors date generated more than (Photo by Curtis Moore) p.m. at the ALA Midwinter (Photo by Andrea Cipriani Mecchi) 10,000 books. She has been Author and Meeting. memoirs, Cullors co-wrote When They Call featured in the New York Times and was recog- Poet, Elizabeth Cofounder of Black Lives Matter, Cul- You A Terrorist with journalist asha bandele. nized as a “21 under 21” Ambassador for Teen lors is an artist, freedom fighter and perfor- The book, with a foreword by activist Angela Vogue. In her new book, Marley Dias Gets It Acevedo mance artist. In 2013, Cullors co-founded a Davis, is a poetic biography and reflection Done – and So Can You, which features an to Present global movement with a hashtag. #Black- on humanity. Cullors has been named an introduction by Academy Award-nominated LivesMatter has since become an international filmmaker Ava DuVernay, Dias shows kids Curley Lecture organization with dozens of chapters and Patrisse Cullors and Marley Dias how they can galvanize their strengths to make thousands of determined activists fighting Friday 2/9, 4:00 – 5:15 p.m. positive changes in their communities. Elizabeth Acevedo anti-Black racism worldwide. CCC Mile High Ballroom 2&3 Her appearance is sponsored by Scholas- Saturday 2/10, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Given the opportunity to publish her tic. Get details and add to your schedule now. CCC Mile High Ballroom 2&3 2018 lizabeth Acevedo was born as QUICK LOOK the youngest child of Domini- Ecan immigrants. Raised in New Exhibits York City, her poetry is infused with Friday, February 9 Dominican bolero and her beloved 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. city’s tough grit. With over 12 years Saturday & Sunday, of performance experience, Acevedo February 10-11 has been a featured performer on BET 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and Mun2, and has delivered several Monday, February 12 TEDTalks. She has graced renowned 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. venues, such as the Madison Square Garden, the Kennedy Center of the Registration OPEN NOW! Performing Arts, South Africa’s State CLICK HERE Theatre, The Bozar in Brussels, and TO REGISTER the National Library of Kosovo. The session will take place on Saturday, Auditorium Speaker Series February 10 from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m., at the 2018 ALA Midwinter Meeting Saturday & Sunday The Big Blue Bear peeks into the Colorado Convention Center Lobby. February 10-11 & Exhibits in Denver. (Photo by Steve Crecelius, courtesy VISIT DENVER). » see page 2 MIDWINTER TRAVEL EXHIBITS REGISTRATION CONFERENCESCHEDULER TRAVEL& HOUSING EXHIBITSINFORMATION SCHEDULER & HOUSING INFORMATION 2 COGNOTES DENVER JANUARY PREVIEW Junot Díaz to Speak Sunday Morning Junot Díaz is the author of the critically acclaimed Drown; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; and This Is How You Lose Her, a New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist. By self-admission, Díaz is an agonizingly slow writer and a chronic procrastinator. He once spent Junot Diaz Sunday 2/11, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. CCC Mile High Ballroom 2&3 five years working on a 15-page story. But he said, “In my view, a writer is a writer because even when there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows any sign of promise, you keep writing anyway.” The Youth Media Awards session will take place on Sunday, February Each year the American Library As- Junot Díaz 11 from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. at the ALA sociation honors books, videos, and other ALA Youth Media Awards (Photo by Nina Subin) Midwinter Meeting. outstanding materials for children and teens. Monday 2/12, 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Islandborn is Díaz’ first work of fiction Junot Díaz was born in the Dominican Recognized worldwide for the high qual- CCC Mile High Ballroom 2&3 for young readers, a picture book illustrated Republic and raised in New Jersey. He ity they represent, the ALA Youth Media by Leo Espinosa, scheduled for release in serves on the board of advisers for Free- Awards, including the prestigious Newbery, Look for your commemorative issue of February 2018. Little Lola is asked to draw dom University, a volunteer organization Caldecott, Printz, and Coretta Scott King Cognotes, featuring a complete list of award a picture of her home country for school. in Georgia that provides post-secondary Book Awards, guide parents, educators, winners and book cover photos, immediately To help with her assignment, she asks her instruction to undocumented immigrants. librarians, and others in selecting the best following the announcements in Denver. family, friends, and neighbors for their An immigrant himself, this is a topic he is materials for youth. Selected by committees Get details and add to your schedule now. recollections of the Island. What emerges very passionate about, and one he considers composed of librarians and other literature is a stunning portrait of a place that Lola very timely. and media experts, the awards encourage once called home, and the magic that A graduate of Rutgers University, Díaz is original and creative work in the field of comes when culture, tradition, and stories currently the fiction editor at Boston Review, children’s and young adult literature and and the Rudge and Nancy Allen Professor Acevedo are passed down and shared. The book media.The 2018 Youth Media Award an- » from page 1 offers a diverse portrait of characters who of Writing at the Massachusetts Institute nouncements will take place on Monday, have migrated to New York from all around of Technology. February 12 at 8:00 a.m. from the Colorado Her passion for poetry has mani- the world, and shows the importance of Díaz’s appearance at the meeting is Convention Center. Fans can follow 2018 fested in an increasing body of popular community as they support each other, sponsored by Penguin Young Readers. Get results in real-time via live webcast, or follow poetry videos, most of which have and their respective cultures. details and add to your schedule now. hashtag #alayma. gone viral and been picked up by PBS, Latina Magazine, Cosmopolitan Magazine, and Upworthy Magazine. Award-winning Author Dave Eggers to Speak Saturday She said, “I commit wholeheartedly Join a conversation with author Dave Egg- Her passion ers, and Sandra Farag, youth materials selector Dave Eggers 2/10, at the New York Public Library and Brooklyn Saturday 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. for poetry has CCC Mile High Ballroom 2&3 Public Library. manifested in an Eggers is an award-winning and acclaimed increasing body author of many books, including What Is Yemenis living through a civil war, and the of popular poetry the What, winner of France’s Prix Medici and courageous journey of a young man, a Mus- videos, most of which finalist for the National Book Critics Circle lim and a U.S. citizen, following the most have gone viral. Award; and more recently The Circle and American of dreams. to the mission that my mother’s sto- Heroes of the Frontier, long listed for the 2018 Eggers is the co-founder of 826 National, ries will not die with her. I believe International Dublin Literary Award. The a network of seven educational centers wholeheartedly telling my own story session will take place on Saturday, February throughout the U.S., offering free tutoring is an act of love and survival.” Many 10 from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. during the 2018 to children of all backgrounds. Later he of her poems have been published, or ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits. co-founded ScholarMatch, a nonprofit orga- are forthcoming in Puerto Del Sol, Eggers will discuss his spicture book, Her nization connecting students with resources, the Callaloo Journal, Poet Lore, Notre Right Foot, a fascinating, non-fiction tale, donors and colleges to make higher education Dame Review, and others. uniquely American in its frank tone. Eggers possible for those in low-income communi- Dave Eggers Acevedo is a National Slam Cham- and debut illustrator Shawn Harris investigate ties. Currently over two hundred students are pion, Beltway Grand Slam Cham- a seemingly small trait of America’s most Eggers writes, “Liberty and freedom from now enrolled in college, with a 97 percent pion, a Cave Canem Fellow, Canto- emblematic statue, her raised right foot. oppression are not things you get or grant retention rate.