English Explanatory Dictionary

Own Voices

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A literary movement centering books (particularly children's and young-adult fiction) about marginalized people written by authors of the same group.

Word forms

Own Voices

Etymology

Coined by Dutch author Corinne Duyvis on Twitter in 2015 as a hashtag for recommending children's books with "diverse characters written by authors from that same diverse group."

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