Kate Chopin Corrupts the Young Person
October 12, 2015TW Column by Emily Toth
Chopin set out to write what was then YA literature, but even her earliest stories have peculiar twists.
Talking Writing Magazine
Liquid Ballerina
October 7, 2015Flash Nonfiction by Paige Nichols
Those mornings shivering at the mean edge of the public pool were worth it for the moment when you’d slide into the deep end.
Hooking Teens with the Real World
October 5, 2015Theme Essay by Marina Budhos and Marc Aronson
You can’t assume that teenagers are interested in what you have to say—it’s your job to pull them in by intriguing and delighting them.
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: Two Poems
September 30, 2015Iris Jamahl Dunkle: Two Poems
Let the rain spell out a truth on the tin roof above our sleeping heads
Gene Yang: “I Hated Assigned Reading”
September 28, 2015TW Interview by William Gray
At the heart of all young adult literature is this equation: belonging + power = identity.
A Golden Age for Young Adult Books
September 21, 2015Theme Essay by Stephen Roxburgh
It’s no surprise to me that YA readers still prefer print.
How Hollywood Screws up YA Books
September 21, 2015Theme Essay for John Michael Bell
Even Meryl Streep, as Chief Elder, has little to do but grimace.
