NaPoWriMo: Who’s with me?

I am participating in the National Poetry Writing Month.  No, this is not an April Fool’s joke.  I am seriously going to write one poem, every single day for all of April.  That’s 30 poems.  And it’s entirely possible I am going to post them here. John Keats = poetry boss.  Worship him. If you’re […]

Stupid Things Critics Say: Joel Stein and YA Literature

The NY Times ran a series of mini-debates about YA literature two days ago; one of those mini-debates has pissed some folks off — me included. Why?  Perhaps because Joel Stein opens his piece with this filthy gem: The only thing more embarrassing than catching a guy on the plane looking at pornography on his […]