Daley Ponderings
Whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy -- meditate on these things.
Great article, though I think it was more than *I* need to know right now. And I thought the books on the YA shelves (and even some on the children's shelves) were too miserable 30 years ago.
"It is of course understood to be an act of literary heroism to stand against any constraints, no matter the age of one's readers..." Not at all. In most cases it is an act of crass commercialism, no more and no less. Authors, publishers, and booksellers want to sell books. Period. The real problem with fighting publicly against a certain book (or type of books) is that bad publicity suits the commercial interests almost as well as good publicity.