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Let It All Out: Laurie Halse Anderson on #MeToo and the Journey from "speak" to "SHOUT"
In 1999, author Laurie Halse Anderson told the story of her sexual assault in her radical, bestselling young-adult novel speak, and in doing so gave a generation of teens and young adults a vocabulary for consent and rape.
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Backtalk: YA’s Cancel Culture
This week, Dahlia and Amy dig into the world of YA drama. Recently, two YA authors have chosen to cancel their own debut novels after being called out by some readers for “problematic” issues in the text. Dahlia and Amy talk about the effects of a cancel culture that demands perfect art. Also, a... Read more »
Less Fear, More Queer: What’s Missing from a New Book on Sex, Shame, and Christianity
Shameless gives queer people little space to talk about their own visions of healthy, spiritual sexuality.
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Prodigal Daughter: Samantha Allen Shines a New Light on Queer Communities in Red States
Queer people are here—or there, as the case may be—and aren’t going away.
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When Faking It Is a Form of Self-Protection
For every op-ed lamenting the “death of the chase,” there’s a literary work that considers the nuanced realities of female sexual experience.
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Shelf Love: How A.N. Devers Created a Feminist Paradise for Bibliophiles
In London’s bustling Soho neighborhood, A.N. Devers’s feminist paradise for bibliophiles is thriving—and changing the way collectors think about the literary canon.
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Toni Morrison Champions the Arts in “The Source of Self-Regard”
Let these Toni Morrison quotes about writers and creators inspire you.
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Toni Morrison Is the Source of Her Own Self-Regard
The Queen of American Letters has again blessed us with a work that is profound, soaring, and intimate.
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“Beloved,” Black Women, and the Limits of Freedom
Beloved is a touchstone for the complexities of today’s Black freedom struggle.
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Set Yourself Free: How Generations of Black Women Have Fought Incarceration
Black women have historically fought constraint and oppression.
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