A Libba Bray Worship Moment
Folks, if you don't already know of my writer-crush on
Libba Bray (yes, I am, as far as I know it, inventing this term of "writer-crush": (n) when you are insanely in love with the writing of a given author and obsessed with making other people see their genius), you will after this post. I was pretty smug when
Going Bovine won the Printz award because I had been yakking about it for months
as I boasted in this blog, so you can imagine how much I was looking forward to watching her speech. Sadly, I couldn't stay at
ALA Annual 2010 for the
Printz Award dinner, but I knew my trusty and technologically savvy YALSA wouldn't let me down (hello,
AASL? Why don't we see video of the NSLMPY winners? Hint, hint).
So I was ready with the popcorn when I saw that
YALSA had posted the link to the
blip.tv video of her accepting her award. Be warned: it is long and it is funny and poignant, a lot like reading
Going Bovine
, so if you're a crier like me (acid test, do you do a lot sniffing at the new iPhone 4 commercials?) you will need tissues. Also of note, but not quite as spectacular as hearing Libba, is the
excellent School Library Journal article on her, published in the latest issue. Enjoy!
