Interesting Article on parents in YA Lit

This article talks about either the absent parent, or the ineffectual parent, or the dead parent, etc. Any of these set up the protagonist of the story to need to solve his or her own problems. I’ve thought about this charateristic of YA Lit quite a bit. But it...

Rainy day

Well, good thing it’s rainy today. I have so much grading to do that I’m glad it’s not even tempting to go out for a ngo woods walk with Freya and for a ride outside on my bike. Got the okay from the doctor to try wearing whatever shoes I can stand....

Field trip today!! Yippeee!!

Today is the day for our huge Humanities field trip: to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and to Macbeth at the Guthrie! (And the Ol’ Spaghetti Factory in between). We’re all excited.Yesterday in class we took parts and read the first several pages of...

Friends and books and awards

My friend Kirstin Cronn-Mills’ YA novel is up for a Minnesota Book award. Here’s a review from their website:http://thefriends.posterous.com/tag/theskyalwayshearsmeMy friend Kate Buckley’s novel CHOICES is up for Book of the year...
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