A discussion of overwhelming white-ness of YA lit.

s.e. smith argues that genre snobbery is based in ignorance. After all, some of the most highly regarded works of literature fall into genre fiction.

An introduction to what YA lit is. Just in case you didn't know.

A post about how many of the cover designs for YA books suck. It seems, however, that the author forgets that YA isn't a genre. YA is comprised of many types of genres. YA can be fiction. YA can be non-fiction. You get the drill.

I think I could write quite a bit about how I disagree with the points made in this article. In short, Lowry seems to want to lump all YA bloggers into the same category and says nothing of the bloggers who constant talk about issues surrounding models of color being used on YA covers.

Ursula K. Le Guin on how the Sci Fi Channel didn't really consult her while working on the Earthsea miniseries and royally fucked up the casting.

YA author Malinda Lo explains her opinion of the white washing of YA covers.

A YA author writes about why it's important to have more non-white protagonists in YA.