![]() She attended the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics and was Allen Ginsberg’s apprentice. Newman didn’t start out writing for children. my time, less whimsical, but in my opinion, you set an alarm, drink a bunch of coffee, and don’t say no to someone else’s favorite time.) I spoke to her at her favorite time of day, 11:11 a.m., a fabulously whimsical time to discuss children’s picture books. ![]() Heather is such a well-known and groundbreaking book that its origin story has been many times before, so instead of repeating the words of others, I reached out to hear from Newman herself. ![]() Heather Has Two Mommies was the first picture book to feature a same-sex family, and Newman is a successful lesbian author who has since penned dozens of children’s books, including many more on LGBTQ+ themes. I’d heard of Lesléa Newman’s Heather Has Two Mommies long before I read it - after all, the book has been lauded and attacked, referenced and parodied, published and re-published. ![]()
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