My Kirkus Q&A with Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James
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That’s exactly why we do what we do. I want to create a body of work
that will stay with readers for a long time.”
Today over at Kirkus, I talk to author Derrick Barnes, pictured above left and quoted above, and illustrator Gordon C. James, pictured right, about their debut picture book, Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut (Denene Millner Books/Bolden/Agate Publishing, October 2017).
That is here.
Photo of Derrick Barnes by Victoria Blackshear. Photo of Gordon C. James is courtesy of the illustrator.