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On Our Problematic Obsession with First-Love Stories

On Our Problematic Obsession with First-Love Stories

Emily Usher Wants Stories That Show Crushes in All Their Messy, Authentic Glory

By Emily Usher | March 24, 2025

Every Coming-of-Age Story is an Apocalypse Story

Every Coming-of-Age Story is an Apocalypse Story

Andrew DeYoung on Despair and Hope in the Edgelands of Adulthood

By Andrew DeYoung | March 21, 2022

Glory Edim on Expanding the Canon of Black Girl Coming-of-Age Stories

Glory Edim on Expanding the Canon of Black Girl Coming-of-Age Stories

The Maris Review Podcast">In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | January 20, 2022

Rebel Without a Real Cause: On Surviving the Social Hierarchies of High School

Rebel Without a Real Cause: On Surviving the Social Hierarchies of High School

Via Bleidner Considers Coming-of-Age in California and the Addictive Validation of Clout

By Via Bleidner | August 10, 2021

WATCH: Patricia Santana on Why Young Adult Fiction Is For Everyone

WATCH: Patricia Santana on Why Young Adult Fiction Is For Everyone

Authors in the Tent, Hosted by Ona Russell">From the New Video Series Authors in the Tent, Hosted by Ona Russell

By The Virtual Book Channel | August 3, 2021

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl?"> Where Was My Hero’s Journey?, My <em

Where Was My Hero’s Journey?, My <em

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl?">

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl?">Where Was My Hero’s Journey?, My Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl?

Janet Fitch on Finding a Real Coming-of-Age Tale

By Janet Fitch | September 3, 2019

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