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YOUNG ADULT & CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

A Gorgeous Nightmare: On Mark Z. Danielewski’s “The Little Blue Kite”

Art & Architecture, Young Adult & Children’s Literature

A Gorgeous Nightmare: On Mark Z. Danielewski’s “The Little Blue Kite”

S. Tremaine Nelson

S. Tremaine Nelson reviews a new children’s book from the author of “House of Leaves.”

Misfit Friendships: A Conversation with Jeff Zentner

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Misfit Friendships: A Conversation with Jeff Zentner

Tim Cummings

A prominent YA author on the importance of friendship and the dangers of toxic masculinity.

WriteGirl Has My Heart: A Conversation with Keren Taylor

Nonfiction, Young Adult & Children’s Literature, Gender & Sexuality

WriteGirl Has My Heart: A Conversation with Keren Taylor

Dinah Lenney

Dinah Lenney talks to Keren Taylor, the founder and executive director of WriteGirl.

Unthinking Pleasure: On Casey McQuiston’s “Red, White & Royal Blue”

Young Adult & Children’s Literature, Gender & Sexuality

Unthinking Pleasure: On Casey McQuiston’s “Red, White & Royal Blue”

Harrison Hill

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

Around the World, Art & Architecture, Science & Technology, Young Adult & Children’s Literature

Wonder Worlds: Nature Art Books Are Illustrating What We Have to Lose

Sara Scribner

Sara Scribner explores three lushly illustrated nature books by European authors that describe what nature does when humans aren’t around.

Learning to Breathe: On Gabby Rivera’s “Juliet Takes a Breath”

Young Adult & Children’s Literature

Learning to Breathe: On Gabby Rivera’s “Juliet Takes a Breath”

Sarah Neilson

A queer Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx has a summer fling in Gabby Rivera’s “Juliet Takes a Breath.”

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Emily Hodgson Anderson on the promises and perils of reading aloud.

The Trouble with “Adam”

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The Trouble with “Adam”

Caden Mark Gardner

The teen film “Adam” turns complex issues of trans visibility into a vacuous sex farce.

The End of Oz: Reflections on the Centenary of L. Frank Baum’s Death

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Scott Bradfield on the pleasures and perils of the “Oz” series.

“Goodnight Moon,” Almost 75 Years Later

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Brian Goedde revisits the children’s classic “Goodnight Moon.”

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