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Re: From Young Adult to New Adult
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From: bookmarch_at_aol.com
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 10:15:06 -0400 (EDT)
Some years ago Michael Cart and I both proposed creating an older YA category of, say, 16-24, and he crafted a series of anthologies aimed at that age group. I think one big problem is that, as your BBC link showed, development is one thing, but, school splits are another. The only reason YALSA ends at 18-19 is because that is 12th grade -- and school, school libraries, journals that review with such libraries in mind, public library YA sections are all defined by school rules, not developmental stages. Book publishers and book stores, though, don't need to play by those rules. So there is a mismatch between ages defined by institutional rules and ages defined by growth, need, interest. And that is not just the case in defining YA -- many libraries have no YA NF section, so YA and adult NF blur; in graphic novels it is impossible to split older YA from adult -- or very close to impossible.
Marc Aronson
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 10:15:06 -0400 (EDT)
Some years ago Michael Cart and I both proposed creating an older YA category of, say, 16-24, and he crafted a series of anthologies aimed at that age group. I think one big problem is that, as your BBC link showed, development is one thing, but, school splits are another. The only reason YALSA ends at 18-19 is because that is 12th grade -- and school, school libraries, journals that review with such libraries in mind, public library YA sections are all defined by school rules, not developmental stages. Book publishers and book stores, though, don't need to play by those rules. So there is a mismatch between ages defined by institutional rules and ages defined by growth, need, interest. And that is not just the case in defining YA -- many libraries have no YA NF section, so YA and adult NF blur; in graphic novels it is impossible to split older YA from adult -- or very close to impossible.
Marc Aronson
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