In Memory: Julius Lester

By Gayleen Rabakukk
for Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations

Author Julius Lester died Jan. 18 while Cynsations was on winter hiatus.

Julius Lester, whose literature explored African American life, dies at 78 by Emily Langer from The Washington Post. Peek:

"He once wrote that 'the need to know more about my individual past led me to begin studying slavery.' ...To Be a Slave (illustrated by Tom Feelings, Dial Books for Young Readers,1968), (was) a Newbery Honor book."

At Publishers Weekly, Shannon Ma...