<h4>Paul Volponi is a writer, teacher, and journalist living in New York City. He is the author of 11 novels for young adults. He has taught writing to incarcerated teens at Rikers Island and teens in drug treatment programs. As a journalist he covers thoroughbred horse racing for <em>The Blood-Horse</em>.</h4>

Paul Volponi

Keeping It Real: The Grittiness of Contemporary YA

<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">— Dr. Seuss</p>

Young Adult &amp; Children’s Literature

The Grain of the Voice

Paul Volponi is a writer, teacher, and journalist living in New York City. He is the author of 11 novels for young adults. He has taught writing to incarcerated teens at Rikers Island and teens in drug treatment programs. As a journalist he covers thoroughbred horse racing for <em>The Blood-Horse</em>.