1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 [This interview was conducted online so there may be some audio variation.] For the 10th anniversary year of Minorities in Pub, Jenn welcomes back best-selling &amp;amp; award-winning author Renée Watson for her fourth episode (in a year she has 4 books publishing)! We discussed Renée origins in storytelling as a poet and playwright when she started a performing arts company in high school, her new book of poetry BLACK GIRL YOU ARE ATLAS (illustrated by Ekua Holmes), the benefits &amp;amp; necessity of poetry--and poetry for young people--in her work as a teaching-artist, and how early rejections can lead to big successes.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; [Transcript of this episode can be found on&amp;nbsp;Tumblr. You can sign up for the MiP monthly newsletter with job listings, guest news, and new eps&amp;nbsp;here.] Intro/Outro music is by Moutaineer and licensed through&amp;nbsp;Premuim Beat. Minorities in Publishing http://minoritiesinpublishing.com/ <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/29899798/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/29899798