No One’s Baby: A Conversation with Emily Adrian
Emily Adrian discusses her new YA novel about the joys and pitfalls of early motherhood....
The Utopian Turn in YA Lit
A new YA novel reimagines utopia in the era of climate catastrophe....
The Ecology of Equity, or Why We Need Diverse Voices so I Can Leave My Frida Kahlo Flower Crown at Home
A PEN America Emerging Voices Fellow discusses how today’s young adult fiction handles ethnic diversity....
Leo Tolstoy’s Children’s Stories Will Devastate Your Children and Make You Want to Die
On the bleak tales of Leo Tolstoy's "The Lion and the Puppy: And Other Stories for Children."...
What Greta Gerwig Got Right: Rethinking Amy March in Light of May Alcott Nieriker
The real-life model for Louisa May Alcott’s Amy March was a pioneering champion of women artists....
A Lady Macbeth for the Instagram Age
Iman Sultan reviews a YA retelling of “Macbeth” in a Catholic prep school....
Translating Transnational Anxiety: Ivana Dobrakovová’s “Bellevue”
Daniel. W Pratt considers adolescence, madness, and the breakdown of language in Ivana Dobrakovová’s “Bellevue,” translated by Julia and Peter Sherwood....
A Gorgeous Nightmare: On Mark Z. Danielewski’s “The Little Blue Kite”
S. Tremaine Nelson reviews a new children’s book from the author of “House of Leaves.”...
Misfit Friendships: A Conversation with Jeff Zentner
A prominent YA author on the importance of friendship and the dangers of toxic masculinity....
WriteGirl Has My Heart: A Conversation with Keren Taylor
Dinah Lenney talks to Keren Taylor, the founder and executive director of WriteGirl....
Unthinking Pleasure: On Casey McQuiston’s “Red, White & Royal Blue”
Harrison Hill on the pleasures of reading Casey McQuiston’s gay YA novel, “Red, White & Royal Blue.”...
Wonder Worlds: Nature Art Books Are Illustrating What We Have to Lose
Sara Scribner explores three lushly illustrated nature books by European authors that describe what nature does when humans aren’t around....
