Bleeding Violet

The Secret Year has been mentioned several times in relation to The Outsiders and Romeo and Juliet, and in this interview with the Story Siren, I said, "TSY is not a retelling of either book, but in some ways it has a conversation with those works." If you saw that and wondered what I meant by a "conversation"--well, I discussed the love-across-dividing-lines issue in more depth at Steve Brezenoff's blog, Exile in Goyville.  I also hope you'll stop by Steve's blog because he's running a givea...