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Minh Le

Minh is the author of Let Me Finish! a debut picture book that will be published by Disney-Hyperion in 2016. By day he works in early childhood policy and in 2010 helped design 826DC‘s Museum of Unnatural History (the only place you can both support youth creative writing and get your daily supply of unicorn tears). He also writes about children’s lit at Bottom Shelf Books and occasionally for the Huffington Post and others. Follow him on Twitter @bottomshelfbks.

Never Stopped Doodling: An Interview with the Brothers Behind CRABTREE

This past year was the 15th anniversary of McSweeney’s, the publishing force that Slate called “the first bona fide literary ...

The Biggest Snubs From This Year’s Caldecott Awards

First of all, I want to make one thing clear: this is NOT a criticism of the Caldecott committee. Narrowing ...

Let’s Put James Franco on All the Book Covers!

While we at the Riot take some time off to rest and catch up on our reading, we’re re-running some of ...

E.L. Doctorow Goes Fight Club on the National Book Awards

I didn’t have the privilege of attending the National Book Awards, but from what I could gather–from Maya Angelou’s transcendent ...

Why So Serious?: Reimagining the Author Photo

Everyone loves a good Serious Author Photo. Capturing writers in their natural habitat of intense concentration, brows furrowed in pensive ...

Let’s Put James Franco on All the Book Covers

Last week, when presented with the As I Lay Dying movie tie-in with James Franco on the cover, the internet let ...

Are You Ready For Some Football?: 10 Titles for the Upcoming Season

The wait is finally over: Football season is here.  To mark the occasion, fellow Book Riot contributor Emily Gatlin and I ...

When Harry Met Ayn: A Laissez-faire to Remember

Ever since I read that a young Ayn Rand got her start in Hollywood, I haven’t been able to shake ...

LAVISHLY APT: 25 Author Anagrams That Also Work as Book Titles

Below are 25 hypothetical book titles generated by mixing up the letters of author first and last names. I originally ...

If Famous Authors Read One-Star Reviews of Their Books

It seems like every couple months I see a post go around about Amazon one-star reviews of classic books. Recently ...