Episode Five: Should Adults Read YA Literature?

Last year, Ruth Graham published an article in Slate arguing that adults should feel embarrassed to read young-adult fiction. This episode, Emily and Kyle weigh in on the debate and talk about how to balance reading what you like with finding material that challenges you.

Plus, they talk about what books they've been reading and Kyle gets much too excited about Robert Jackson Bennett's fantasy novel City of Stairs. 

Episode Breakdown:

• 0:00 – 8:00: What We're Reading
• 8:00 – 45:00: The Adults-Reading-YA Debate

What Emily's Reading:

• Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

What Kyle's Reading:

• City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
• "Pocosin" by Ursula Vernon. Click here to read the short story.

Other Works that We Discuss:

• Zone One by Coulson Whitehead
• The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
• Submergence by J.M. Ledgard
• Instructions by Neil Gaiman
• His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
• The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones

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