tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348056790070661555.post847706206661820549..comments2023-07-24T18:26:19.495+10:00Comments on Alien Onion: What is YA? II - or the boogeyman in the basement (UPDATED*)The Alien Onionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037127806592724297noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348056790070661555.post-11350252700355709122009-09-22T13:27:15.332+10:002009-09-22T13:27:15.332+10:00Thanks for the link, Alien, in characteristically ...Thanks for the link, Alien, in characteristically charming style.<br /><br />I keep hearing people saying YA's recognition as culturally <br />valueable literature is threatened by naysayers, but I have never <br />come across such detractors.<br /><br />I'd like to know more about this question of where these fears come <br />from. Do you have some ideas? I'll ask Karen Healey as well, and have posted the question on my blog: http://ryan-paine.com/home/2009/09/22/inferiority-complex-much/Ryanhttp://ryan-paine.com/home/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348056790070661555.post-19864016204355000022009-09-17T10:58:45.581+10:002009-09-17T10:58:45.581+10:00"During endless university reading lists of d..."During endless university reading lists of dreary and unlikable protagonists aimlessly drifting through non-plots, it was a huge relief to pick up my for-me reading. YA non-genre fiction, incidentally, is proof that literary fiction set in the "real" world isn't required to be pretentious and narrative-free." <br /><br />I hears ya, sister! <br /><br />Writing a thesis has ruined my desire to read for pleasure, but I still love reading YA. Thanks for keeping up the supply Onions!ccnoreply@blogger.com