Weekly Roundup: May 19 - May 25, 2013

• Little Women: Children's Literature's Stand-In Parents at The Guardian

• Ruth Feldman's 'Blue Thread' An Important YA Read: Review at New Voices

•  Archie Comics Gay Kiss: 'Playful Poke' Issue Released on Aug. 7 at Examiner.com

• Diversity on the Page, Behind the Pencil, and in the Office at Publisher's Weekly

• Using Diversity in YA Literature to Open the Doors of Reading  at ALA

• Book Covers: How Gender Is Not the Only Issue  at the HuffPost

• Children's Book Author Allen Say On Winning Awards & His Latest Project  at Oregon Public Broadcasting

• 2013 Middle Grade Black Boys: Seriously, People?  at Fuse #8