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The children’s novel, ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ by Roald Dahl (1916–1990) combines the conventions of children’s fiction with a medieval morality play, in which obvious cases of vice are ...

The debate between literary fiction and genre fiction is a long-standing one. Genre fiction is accused of being insignificant and shallow while literary fiction is called pretentious and boring. There ...

The second half of the standard expected of every high school graduate needs explanation: “The learner demonstrates literary and communicative competence through his/her understanding of the different ...

Literary agent Eric Smith of P.S. Literary represents young adult novels, genre blending literary fiction, nonfiction and other genres. Smith uses Twitter to make connections, and believes being an ...

It has been called a movement, a genre, a cultural aesthetic. Afrofuturism is all of those, but it's also more than a promise that Black people exist in the future. It's more complex than taking ...

From The Outsiders to Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, Fahrenheit 451 to The Perks of Being a Wallflower, there are many books known for grabbing the minds of a young-adult audience and turning ...

As any consummate reader knows, the more you read, the less, you realize, you have read. So much has been created. So much is waiting, ready to be consumed at the library or bookstore or in a ...

TikTok's popular BookTok channel has been buzzing about a new genre called "romantasy'' that is spawning whole sections in bookstores. Jeffrey Brown visited the stacks and talked to author Rebecca ...