The Epic Fantasy of the Colonization of Latin America: Logos & Knowledge in Liliana Bodoc’s Saga of the Borderlands
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Malin AlkestrandDec 14, 20216 min readMothers and Murderers in YA Dystopian LiteratureIn Christina Henry’s The Girl in Red (2019), a dystopian re-telling of Little Red Riding Hood, a pandemic called “the cough” strikes. The...
Mary StephensJan 22, 20196 min readEmbracing Body Diversity in "Undead Girl Gang" and "Gabi: A Girl in Pieces"Recent discussions about children’s and young adult literature have focused on diversity—or the lack thereof—in the field. Activists and...
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Tanja NathanaelMay 17, 20186 min readAn Interview with Faroese YA Author Rannvá Næs HoydalThe following interview was conducted with Faroese author Rannvá Næs Hoydal via email in 2011. I had requested a review copy of her book...