Poetry – YA Pride

Interview: Vee sits down with David Levithan & Nina Lacour

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:35-05:00June 29th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Blogathon 2016, Book Club, Fun Things, New Releases, Teen Voices|Tags: Coming Out, gay, lesbian, Minor Queer Characters, New Releases, Poetry, Queer Girls, Queer Guys, Realistic, Representation|

I had the INCREDIBLE opportunity to be able to sit down with David Levithan & Nina Lacour when they came to Addendum Books on the You Know Me Well book tour. This was literally one of the best experiences of my life and I am so thankful to the authors for taking the time to do this and to everyone else who had a hand in making this possible. We got to talk about the new narratives You Know Me Well brings to the table of LGBTQIA+ YA, how the collaboration on YKMW began, and what its existence [...]

There was, there is/it was, it is

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:40:49-05:00June 9th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Blogathon 2016, Guest Blogs, Readers on Reading|Tags: LGBTQIA, Poetry, Queer Girls|

There was a girl. There was a girl who loved to read and read and read. There was a girl who loved to read and read and read but hated it sometimes but she couldn’t tell why. There was a teen. There was a teen who watched too much tv but still found time to read and read. There was a teen who watched too much tv and started thinking that maybe some girls were hot but still found time to read and read. There were moments. Experiences. Thoughts. Feelings. Moments. It was going to a party to [...]

Review: Remember Me by Melanie Batchelor

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:08-05:00January 23rd, 2015|Categories: Archive, Book Review, Teen Voices|Tags: Poetry, Queer Girls|

Melanie Batchelor was fourteen years old when she wrote the subject of this month’s review, Remember Me. Had I not known that, I would’ve filled this review with a thousand praises for her nuanced, accurate characterizations and deceptively simple poems that create a gripping, compelling read. Remember Me by Melanie Batchelor (Bold Strokes Books, 2014) Since I am aware of the fact that Batchelor is, in fact, deeply precocious, and possibly one of the most promising young writers of this generation, I will instead fill this review with a thousand praises for her nuanced, accurate characterizations [...]