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Content creators have become an essential part of the publishing ecosystem. But as they undergo significant upheaval, they’re ...

Representation matters, but in YA fiction, asexual (ace) characters are still few and far between. This list features 12 YA ...

Dylan Southern adapts the Max Porter novella, ‘Grief Is the Thing With Feathers,’ about a widowed father and the menacing ...