The Anxiety of Coming (Back) Together
Jon Klassen’s new picture book asks the age-old question: what are other people for?...
Generating Hope: Jack Zipes Republishes Anti-Fascist Children’s Book from the Early 20th Century
Jonathan Alexander talks with Jack Zipes about “Yussuf the Ostrich” and “Keedle, the Great.”...
Conversion Narratives, and Beyond, Part II: Adam Silvera’s Infinity Cycle and the Superhero Quandary
Renee Hudson sees in Adam Silvera’s YA a thoughtful examination of what it means to engage in policing over community forms of care....
Conversion Narratives, and Beyond, Part I: Isabel Ibañez’s Inkasisa Series and the Failure of the “Woke” Conversion Narrative
Renee Hudson worries over anti-Indigeneity in the novels of Isabel Ibañez....
Webs of Intrigue: Kristin Cashore’s New “Graceling Realm” Novel
A new entry in an award-winning series of YA epic fantasies....
Of Home, History, and Mermaids: A Conversation with Sharanya Manivannan
Sharanya Manivannan discusses her new books, “Incantations Over Water” and “Mermaids in the Moonlight.”...
Escaping the Cycle
A new YA novel that shatters stereotypes of Black masculinity and fatherhood....
I Spy Louise Fitzhugh: A Conversation with Leslie Brody
A chat with the author of a new biography of the creator of Harriet the Spy....
College Admissions Fiction and the Asian American Teen Imaginary
Two new YA novels explore the power of meritocratic myths in Asian American life....
How to Be a Girl Detective
The new film “Enola Holmes” illustrates a cultural shift in how girlhood is conceptualized and understood....
A Scholarly Adventure for Gen Z
Samira Ahmed’s new YA novel about a mixed-race girl who struggles to undo an Orientalist myth....
A Grimdark Fantasy: On R. F. Kuang’s “The Burning God”
The Poppy Wars trilogy offers an intense and compelling revisioning of modern China....
