About this item
It's time to bare it all about bodies! We all experience the world in a body, but we don't usually take the time to explore what it really means to have and live within one. Just as every person has a unique personality, every person has a unique body, and every body tells its own story. In Body Talk, thirty-seven writers, models, actors, musicians, and artists share essays, lists, comics, and illustrations - about everything from size and shape to scoliosis, from eating disorders to cancer, from sexuality and gender identity to the use of makeup as armor. Together, they contribute a broad variety of perspectives on what it's like to live in their particular bodies - and how their bodies have helped to inform who they are and how they move through the world.
About the Author
A former librarian, Kelly has found passion for writing to teen audiences, as well as those who work with them. She works as an editor for Book Riot (bookriot.com) , where she runs the weekly "What's Up in YA? " young adult newsletter, the biweekly "Check Your Shelf" newsletter for librarians, cohosts the "Hey YA" podcast about young adult literature, and writes weekly columns and other features. Her books include (DON'T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD, both from Algonquin Young Readers. She's also a well-known and long-time co-blogger at STACKED (stackedbooks.org) . When not writing or reading, Kelly teaches classical vinyasa-style yoga, as well as practices photography. She lives in the Chicago area with her husband, three cats, and rabbit. She is on Twitter and Instagram as @veronikellymars.
