Nouveau/Niche
I write about new pieces of art or culture that I encounter, or about old favorites. I discuss the brand new (to me anyway), and the ridiculously niche, or sometimes both.
Young Adult, the Case for the Unsympathetic Protagonist
Mavis Gary is unlikable and unsympathetic. Yet, in Young Adult, she is presented as our point of view character, our leading lady, our protagonist, without so much as a second glance. Why? Why write unsympathetic protagonists?