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February 16, 2015

Monday News: YA diversity & the “problem book,” Spider-Man deal with Marvel & Sony, Masters & Johnson, and Polidori’s Vampyre

JanetPublishing Newsdiversity / History / literature / Marvel / problem book / science / sexuality / Sony / Spider-Man / vampires / YA4 Comments

“SO MANY (TOO MANY?) ISSUES”: PERCEPTIONS OF DIVERSITY IN BOOK REVIEWS, PART 2 – A very interesting and compelling post on the portrayal of minority identities in YA, specifically in terms of diverse YA novels being tagged as “issue” or “problem” books, especially in a reviewing environment where many or ... more >

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