Young Adult & Children’s Literature

Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.

— Dr. Seuss

• The Stuff Reading Is Made Of: Miéville’s YA and Materiality

  Jasmine LeeApr 1, 2016

  • Young Adult & Children’s Literature

• A Mother Gone Supernova

  "The First Time She Drowned" is a brilliant YA novel that engages the complexities of mental illness.

  Scott BlyMar 28, 2016

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  So Hot Right Now: Cli-Fi Comes to YA

  A review of two Young Adult "climate fiction" novels by Paolo Bacigalupi.

  Spencer RobinsMar 13, 2016

  • Young Adult & Children’s Literature

• John Green and His Manic Pixie Dream Girls

  The fantasy of being a manic pixie dream girl is a potent and insidious one for teen girls.

  Mary Jo Tewes CrambJan 29, 2016

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  The Case for Animal Welfare in YA

  Jonathan AlexanderJan 12, 2016

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  Adult Fairy Tales: An Interview with Michael Cunningham

  A Wild Swan: Michael Merriam Interviews Michael Cunningham

  Michael MerriamNov 26, 2015

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  The Grain of the Voice

  The Grain of the Voice

  Paul VolponiNov 21, 2015

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  Diversity Is Magic: A Roundtable on Children’s Literature and Speculative Fiction

  How was it that these readers could imagine dystopian futuristic world, but couldn’t imagine a child of color as integral to a storyline?

  Rochelle SpencerNov 5, 2015

  • Young Adult & Children’s Literature

• Will Robots Inherit the Earth?

  How much technology should we be willing to use to stay alive? Will robots inherit the earth?

  Temma EhrenfeldAug 26, 2015

  • SF

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  Late L’Engle: The Wrinkles of Time, Redeemed

  Madeleine L'Engle is pegged as a writer for young people, but that isn't all.

  Jonathan AlexanderAug 16, 2015

  • Fiction

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  The Literacy Games: Summer Lessons About Media from YA Fiction

  Dystopic stories are attractive. They appeal to a readership that feels threatened — economically in an age of downward mobility, and politically in an age of terror.

  Jonathan AlexanderAug 2, 2015

  • Young Adult & Children’s Literature

• Kids in the Aftermath: Katrina in Young Adult Fiction

  Children's and young adult fiction about Hurricane Katrina helps shape cultural understanding of social justice.

  Jonathan AlexanderJul 21, 2015

  • Young Adult & Children’s Literature