From the Notebook: YA vs. Academia

Hey there guys! This video is something that is near and dear to my heart: my thoughts on how college can treat YA literature. I want to be clear: I 1000% believe that YA should be criticized. However, that’s the point. In my experience, YA is often brushed aside and treated as something that is always bad, therefore telling people that YA can be and should be bad. I really, really wanted to change that.

Posts mentioned in video:

Betwixt the Books Discuss! Genre Hierarchy and Literary Snobbery
Perusing Poetics: End of the Poetics Journey
In Defense of YA: We Need a Rebellion of Our Own