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Maya Smart is Tackling Inequality One Book at a Time – Austin Woman
People of the Year – Tribeza Magazine
Meet Austin’s First Ladies of Culture – Austin Way
Maya Smart makes debut as Christmas Mother at Chimborazo Elementary – CBS6
Award-winning journalist and child literacy advocate Maya Smart is this year’s Richmond Christmas Mother – WTVR Richmond
Covid-Era Babies Are ‘Talking’ Less, Signaling Future Reading Challenges – Forbes
Lifestyle Book Review: Reading for Our Lives – Publisher’s Weekly
Maya Smart, wife of Marquette basketball coach, will release her new book in July – WTMJ Milwaukee
Reading For Our Lives with Maya Smart – End Book Deserts Podcast
Shaka & Maya Smart interview – 620 WTMJ
In her new book, Marquette’s Maya Payne Smart gives parents of preschoolers practical tips for raising strong readers – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Simran Jeet Singh, Maya Payne Smart, and Satya Doyle Byock – This Is the Author Podcast
Reading for Our Lives with Maya Payne Smart — Brave Writer’s Podcast
Live At 9: Author Pens Blueprint For a Child’s First Reading Teacher — WREG Memphis
Milwaukee author launches book to educate parents about teaching literacy to young children – WJDT Milwaukee
Author Maya Payne Smart on literacy guide for parents – CBS Mornings
Williams: The decline in child literacy is a crisis. Author Maya Payne Smart says the remedy starts at birth. – Richmond Times Dispatch
Author Maya Smart interview on KET’s Kentucky Edition with Renee Shaw.