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The rise of digital reading

The rise of digital reading

Motoko Iwata May 22, 2025

I grew up in a house by the library. My summer hours were spent between home and the library doors, a tote bag filled with novels swinging from my hand. Some of my fondest memories involved reading in...

Local author spotlight

Local author spotlight

Xander Yap and Motoko Iwata May 20, 2025

Hayley Dennings, the author of This Ravenous Fate, writes to be a voice she never got to read. Born and raised in the Bay Area, Dennings found the area played a large role in her writing career.  Dennings...

The Start to a Poetic Journey

Motoko Iwata September 24, 2024

COVID days passed by in a haze of online school and rolling around in bed: an endless cycle of screens and muddled fear inhabiting our lives. I was a new student in the PAUSD district, and after six months...

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