JOHN DARNIELLE: FROM SELF-DESTRUCTION TO SELF-CONSTRUCTION John Darnielle has excelled as a front-man, songwriter and author, by overcoming an innately self-destructive personality. ELIZABETH ACEVEDO'S LITERARY REALIZATIONS As a grownup, Elizabeth Acevedo realized that the books she had needed as a child still didn't exist. So, she wrote them herself. MEG SALIGMAN: THE BIG PICTURE The scale of Meg Saligman's murals is difficult to grasp close up. But, the stories they tell are all in the details.