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The Young Adult Apocalypse
by, Samantha Kolb
July 19, 2016

  The world is coming to an end. At least, that’s what it feels like. In contemporary fiction, apocalyptic stories have captured the attention of young adult readers. Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games, Rick Yancey’s The 5th Wave, and Veronica Roth’s Divergent series—these novels found millions of fans and have become immortalized on the silver screen. But why? One answer that comes to mind involves the stories… [Read More]

Filed Under: apocalyptic fiction, Divergent, equality, George Orwell, Hunger Games, justice, Margaret Atwood, presidential campaign, Suzanne Collins, Veronica Roth
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Nom de Plume: permission to write with abandon?
by, Jill Swenson
December 23, 2014

French for ‘pen name,’ a nom de plume is a fictitious name under which an author publishes. Mark Twain was the nom de plume of Samuel Clemens. George Eliot sounded more serious than Mary Ann Evans.  Theodore Geisel was known as Dr. Seuss. In 1899 William Sydney Porter took the name O. Henry so editors might never know the stories were submitted by a convicted… [Read More]

Filed Under: anonymity, Carmela Ciuaru, George Eliot, George Orwell, J.K. Rowling, Nom de Plume, pseudonym, Stephen King, Sylvia Plath
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