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When art imitates life: Austin Siegemund-Broka and Emily Wibberly write from the heart
Authors and high school sweethearts write novels detailing the joys and fears of romance in early adulthood.
Review: Why ‘The Betrothed’ by Kiera Cass was a major letdown
Author’s note: This review contains spoilers. Quarantine has given me all the time to read. In fact, I feel like I am in middle school again, reading young adult, coming-of-age novels with a tinge of romance, comedy and ideas that could never happen in real life. One...
‘On the Come Up,’ Angie Thomas gets her rap on
“I want a LGBTQ Twilight. I want a black Hunger Games. And I really want a black Harry Potter. I want publishers to allow black authors — marginalized authors — to tell our stories that should be told. The fact is: white authors tell every story under the sun. Give us...
Say YA(Y) for Young Adult Literature
When people see teenagers in the wild, also known as the world outside their home, they create a checklist in their mind: the phone, the bored look, and the vacant eyes. Nowadays, there is a record scratch moment to that checklist. Bibliophilic teenagers are emerging...
Short story: 3:46 a.m.
I’m patiently waiting in silence, listening intently for the universe to return my existential questions. It’s early Monday morning, and just outside the window pane sits a cloud heavy sky with disastrous hues of grey and violet, and I’m in pain. It’s pointless and a...
When do you become an adult ?
When do you become an adult? That’s the question we all have to figure out. Many say we officially become an adult when we turn 21 but I believe we are still pre-mature at this age. Once we turn 21 we immediately think we can drink and party whenever we choose too....
‘Eleanor & Park’: Where romance and racism seem to go hand-in-hand
It’s the 1980’s, it is when cassette tapes and brightly colored clothing were all the rage, and two strangers from polar opposite worlds find each other in a school bus that’s just too crowded. Rainbow Rowell’s stand-alone novel "Eleanor & Park" tells the story of...
Opinion: Young Adult fiction writers milk their stories for all its worth
As a self-proclaimed book aficionado I have read many books and book series over the years. The recent trend that I have noticed, however, is that fiction writers continue to write new installations, book spin-offs, and new series centered in the same world as their...