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Debut Middle Grade Novel Combines Author’s West Indian Heritage & Caribbean Folklore | GirlTalk HQ, November 16, 2021.

Debut You: A 2022 Debut Author Series: Lisa Stringfellow: A Comb of Wishes | Black Children's Books and Authors, November 15, 2021.

Review of A COMB OF WISHES by Lesley Roessing, #TalkingTexts, November 11, 2021

Author Lisa Stringfellow makes a splash with her middle grade Black mermaid fantasy tale, Wonders of the World Book and Toy Store, August, 28, 2021 
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading: Excited About Two New Books! | It's All About the Journey, It's All About the Journey, August 16, 2021

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Introducing the Cohort of 24 Storytellers for Amplify Black Stories
The Brown Bookshelf and the Highlights Foundation

Cultivating Young Writers: A Conversation with Dr. Towanda Harris, My Two Cents Podcast & Vlog, 11/1/21

Solstice MFA Program | Winter 2022 Residency

Write This! Lisa Stringfellow | Tonya Ellis, Instagram Live, 10/6/21

Indies Introduce: Independent Booksellers’ Debut Picks of the Season - Winter/Spring 2022, American Booksellers Association, September 21, 2021

English Faculty Lisa Stringfellow at Middle Ground Book Fest, The Winsor School, August 24, 2021

Cover Reveal & Interview: A COMB OF WISHES, Watch. Connect. Read, May 27, 2021

Introducing the Cohort of 24 Storytellers for Amplify Black Stories, Presented by The Brown Bookshelf and the Highlights Foundation, Highlights Foundation, April 26, 2021

Amplify Black Stories Announces 24-Storyteller Cohort, The Brown Bookshelf, April 26, 2021

Lovely Little Library | In Brief: April 22, 2021, Publisher's Weekly, April 22, 2021

#coachbetter Episode 114 with Lisa Stringfellow: Lessons Learned from Remote Coaching, Eduro Learning, April 14, 2021

Diversifying Your Classroom Book Collections? Avoid these 7 Pitfalls, KQED | MindShift, December 3, 2020

How Indigenous, Black and POC Educators Envision a Better School Experience, KQED | MindShift, June 3, 2020

12 Ways to Make Culturally Responsive Instruction Work in Your Classroom, BAM! Radio Network, February 10, 2020

News & Notes: Kweli Color of Children's Literature Manuscript Award, SCBWI Bulletin, October 2019
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Sunday Awards Presentations, SCBWI Blog, August 11, 2019

“Chapter 4: Crossing Borders.” Reading to Make a Difference: Using Literature to Help Students Speak Freely, Think Deeply, and Take Action, by Lester L. Laminack and Katie Stover, Heinemann, 2019.

​Success Story Interview, QueryTracker, March 9, 2018

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Summer Reading to Inspire Middle School Activists
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Summer Reading to Inspire Middle School Activists, Edutopia, May 28, 2021

​Antiracist Books for Kids, Teens, and Adults, Pragmatic Mom, July 13, 2020

Sustaining Readers Through Culturally Responsive Literacy Instruction, Independent Teacher Magazine, Spring 2019
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Craft, Community, and Love, Kweli Journal, April 30, 2019

Building a Community of Writers Through Novel Writing, Independent Teacher Magazine, Spring 2018