This held true for Meet Me at the Intersection. Some I may love, others may not be my favorite. I typically find it hard to review an anthology in that each of the pieces tend to be so different. All of them are #ownvoices authors who are First Nations, People of Colour, LGBTIQA+ or living with disability. This is an anthology of short stories, poetry, and essays by authors living in Australia. While searching our digital collection on Hoopla, I eventually came upon a relatively new book titled Meet Me at the Intersection edited by Rebecca Lim and Ambelin Kwaymullina. So, I went back and did some more research and man was it hard to find a YA book written by an indigenous author from an Oceanic country! I think this just further proves the point that we can still do better when it comes to diversity in publishing, particularly with youth literature. However, when Book Riot came out with their own list for this prompt, they noted that the book should be written by an indigenous author. If you read my Read Harder planning post back in December, you know that I had planned to read a different book for this prompt. Prompt #8: An #ownvoices book set in Oceania
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