Do you believe in love at first sight? And does the universe pull certain people together for a reason?
Those are big questions, and they’re the core of What If It’s Us, the upcoming YA novel by Becky Albertalli (Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, Th…
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For decades, ‘Every Day’ author David Levithan has paved the way for queer YA
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If there’s anybody who’s paved the way for contemporary literature, especially queer YA, it’s David Levithan.
An author and an editor at Scholastic, David Levithan has been writing novels that address LGBTQ representation in literature since the early aughts, beginning with his 2002 book Boy Meets Boy. At the time that it was released, it was one of the first LGBTQ novels published by Random House Children’s Books.
“[At the time] in YA literature, in YA culture, in culture at large, the gay teen was miserable, and that was the promise,” explains Levithan. “There was acknowledgement that they existed, but with very few exceptions, everything ended in gloom and doom. And I was like, “you know what, I’m tired of this. This is not what our lives are like.” Read more…
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