[…] The ocean called to her, its voice soft and crooning. The waves pined for her like a mother, or maybe those were her own desires she heard. […]
Outtake from “The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue”
Because we are the luckiest YA literary Journal around, we get to share this fabulous scene with you, an outtake from Mackenzi Lee’s “The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue.” You’re welcome 😉
Interview with Cindy Pon
We’re thrilled to share this interview with Cindy Pon, author of several YA fantasies and the near-future thriller, “Want”! Read on to find out more about Cindy and her work.
Interview with Jeff Zentner
We’re thrilled to share this interview with Jeff Zentner! Read on to find out more about the author and his award-winning work.
Finding Home Contest Winners
Please join us in congratulating the winner and runners-up in our Finding Home poetry contest!
The winners Meg Kearney chose include a verse novelist, a published poet, and a teen writer.
Outtakes from “Ronit and Jamil”
Outtakes by Pam Laskin.
We at YARN are thrilled to welcome Pam Laskin, author of the YA novel in verse, “Ronit and Jamil.”
Read on as Pam shares more about the story as well as some excerpts of this Palestinian/Israeli retelling of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.”
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Interviews
Interview with Jeff Zentner
We’re thrilled to share this interview with Jeff Zentner! Read on to find out more about the author and his award-winning work.
Fiction
Cold Cereal and Morning Revelations
Talented teen writer James Chang offers a brief glimpse into a family’s unraveling with “Cold Cereal and Morning Revelations.”
[…] You stare back, but I know you aren’t actually looking at me. Your thoughts are elsewhere, miles away. Like seeds flung onto fresh soil.[…]
Poetry
Short Changing
Short Changing by Jada Elder-Wilkerson
[…] My collarbones carry the cosmos, //
spine an extended metaphor, //
although my physical entity only encloses shallow pools. […]
Poetry
Mi parada de autobús, Jiffy-Lube
Two poems by Mackenzie Vanover
Mi parada de autobús
[…] He, //
ageless, //
stole her with eternal-onyx eyes […]
Fiction
Safety Measures
In this gentle story by Melissa Ostrom, Malory strives to launch into adulthood and freedom.
[…] The prospect of the woods’ fate—strangers halving it and tearing down trees for an ugly, dry lawn and an ugly, new house—gave me one more reason to look forward to going away to college in a year. […]
Fiction
Structured Reality
In Ali Boston’s short story debut, “Structured Reality,” Casey Walker lives in a dystopian city where she aims to be a star, no matter the cost.
[…] I’m still trying to let Jonty’s idea sink in. This wasn’t how our story was supposed to go. […]
Poetry
On Coping, Building Supernovae
Two poems by teen writer, Kiran Damodaran
Building Supernovae
[…] Supernova //
is messy blue-streaked blond hair, //
tattoos kissing wrists like birth marks […]
News
Finding Home Contest Winners
Please join us in congratulating the winner and runners-up in our Finding Home poetry contest!
The winners Meg Kearney chose include a verse novelist, a published poet, and a teen writer.
Poetry
3 Poems by Callie R. Tullos
Three poems by Callie R. Tullos
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i drowned in ferocious fields of foliage //
i killed myself slowly //
i went painfully unnoticed //
i slipped through the cracks […]
News
Outtakes from “Ronit and Jamil”
Outtakes by Pam Laskin.
We at YARN are thrilled to welcome Pam Laskin, author of the YA novel in verse, “Ronit and Jamil.”
Read on as Pam shares more about the story as well as some excerpts of this Palestinian/Israeli retelling of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.”
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