adult literature

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For one thing, I don't know of another adventure story that has a gay protagonist, at least in adult literature.

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2022

Lee Galda Pellegrini Bloomington, Minn. The writer is emerita professor of children’s and young adult literature at the University of Minnesota.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2022

When you walk into the high-ceilinged space, you’re greeted by a display of beautiful photography and coffee table books, with genre fiction and young adult literature on the left wall and nonfiction along the right.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2021

If you’re looking for texts to read with students, A Mighty Girl is one of my favorite resources for high quality children’s, middle grade, and young adult literature.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2021

But cannot we contrive that our adult literature shall be as free as air while the literature and art of the young is sanely expurgated?

From Mankind in the Making by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)