F110. Warning Extreme Content: Sex, Drugs, and Abuse as Themes in Young Adult Literature

Room 2B, Washington State Convention Center, Level 2
Friday, February 28, 2014
9:00 am to 10:15 am

 

Reviewers often warn against "extreme content" in young adult literature. Writers and their readers argue that the content reflects real world problems. These writers have faced the challenge of writing about topics ranging from sex and drugs to graphic instances of abuse. They will engage their audience in a discussion of how and why they include these themes in their work and why these topics and more should be included in the literature made available to young adult readers.


Participants

Moderator:

Ann Angel's publications include books, essays, and short stories, including the critically acclaimed biography, Janis Joplin Rise Up Singing and Such a Pretty Face, Short Stories About Beauty. She serves as the English Graduate Program Director at Mount Mary University in Milwaukee, WIsconsin.

Kekla Magoon is the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award-winning author of YA novels The Rock and the River, Camo Girl, and 37 Things I Love. She also writes historical nonfiction for teens and is a three-time NAACP Image Award nominee, and serves on the board of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts.

Carrie Jones is The New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the Need series, as well as other books. She is a distinguished alum of Vermont College's MFA Program and an on-call firefighter. www.carriejonesbooks.com

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