Connecting with the inner YA

Special announcement: For the writers out there: agent Michelle Humphrey of ICM has put a 10-page critique up for grabs in a contest that celebrates the release of Denise Jaden's YA novel Losing Faith! All you have to do is enter your logline (a one- or two-sentence "hooky" description of your book) on the Class of 2k10 blog post here by September 14.

This week, a local radio station is playing the top songs of several bygone decades, including the two decades of my childhood and young adultho...