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I saw the rise and decline of YA literature from the inside. Here’s what it was like

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Back in 2020, I faced the bane of every writer’s existence: a blank page, in an empty notebook. I was starting my first novel for adults in years, and I always struggle to find a way into the story. Except this time, I had a secret weapon in my back pocket: I’d written three young-adult … Read more

If you liked Chappell Roan’s ‘The Giver,’ expand your sapphic country taste with these 8 tracks

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“Do they know that chaps are gay?” Chappell Roan playfully posed that question to the host of Apple Music’s “Today’s Country” radio show, Kelleigh Bannen. Following the release of her latest single, “The Giver,” which she describes as a “lesbian country” song, Roan opened up about the genre’s “camp”-iness and how making the song helped … Read more