tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330766246822130643.post7418200841051764384..comments2024-02-09T08:14:51.016-05:00Comments on ON THE VERGE: Lost Boys/Lost Girls: Coming of Age in YA FictionJody Casellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17892174349776047862noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330766246822130643.post-22075115165609809442013-09-08T10:20:36.758-04:002013-09-08T10:20:36.758-04:00Good point--about New Adult. Although, I am not qu...Good point--about New Adult. Although, I am not quite sold on that genre yet. Or rather, I'm not quite clear on WHAT New Adult is yet. Here's a thought-provoking essay on the topic that got me thinking more about it: <br />http://romancenovelsforfeminists.blogspot.com/2013/07/new-adult-or-young-adult-katie-mcgarrys.htmlJody Casellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17892174349776047862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330766246822130643.post-50913423490899139142013-09-06T20:50:07.450-04:002013-09-06T20:50:07.450-04:00I think of the Ellis novels (which I also loved) a...I think of the Ellis novels (which I also loved) as more New Adult than YA, since they take place in college. (But we didn't have the term New Adult back then.)<br /><br />As for censors: when Shakespeare, with all his bawdy jokes and piles of murdered bodies, is part of the canon, I wonder why current YA is expected to be so sanitized.Jennifer R. Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03408588432492354248noreply@blogger.com