/tags/young-adult-fiction Young Adult Fiction en-US Copyright Thu, 12 Nov 2020 15:29:03 GMT /arts-culture/2020-11-12/forget-hogwarts-author-tracy-deonn-uncovers-magic-and-darkness-at-unc-chapel-hill Bree Matthews is a 16-year-old girl with a desire to separate herself from her old life after her mother’s passing. While attending a residential program… Thu, 12 Nov 2020 15:29:03 GMT /arts-culture/2020-11-12/forget-hogwarts-author-tracy-deonn-uncovers-magic-and-darkness-at-unc-chapel-hill Elikem Dodor, Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /race-demographics/2020-10-29/embodied-the-social-politics-of-pigment In the U.S. as well as around the world, skin color has long been associated with social perceptions of beauty, intellect and class. Studies have shown… Thu, 29 Oct 2020 15:42:03 GMT /race-demographics/2020-10-29/embodied-the-social-politics-of-pigment Stacia Brown, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2020-10-29/embodied-the-social-politics-of-pigment In the U.S. as well as around the world, skin color has long been associated with social perceptions of beauty, intellect and class. Studies have shown… Thu, 29 Oct 2020 15:42:03 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-10-29/embodied-the-social-politics-of-pigment Stacia Brown, Anita Rao /arts-culture/2020-05-22/how-author-victoria-lees-fantasy-novel-eerily-predicted-our-present-moment When Victoria Lee first wrote “The Fever King” (2019/Skyscape), they did not intend to predict the future. Rather, they hoped to explore our habit of… Fri, 22 May 2020 17:03:09 GMT /arts-culture/2020-05-22/how-author-victoria-lees-fantasy-novel-eerily-predicted-our-present-moment Josie Taris, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-05-22/how-author-victoria-lees-fantasy-novel-eerily-predicted-our-present-moment When Victoria Lee first wrote “The Fever King” (2019/Skyscape), they did not intend to predict the future. Rather, they hoped to explore our habit of… Fri, 22 May 2020 17:03:09 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-05-22/how-author-victoria-lees-fantasy-novel-eerily-predicted-our-present-moment Josie Taris, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2018-09-04/new-novel-explores-a-bleak-version-of-americas-future What if the United States built walls along its borders with Mexico and Canada? That is the premise of a new, young adult dystopian novel that imagines… Tue, 04 Sep 2018 16:10:29 GMT /arts-culture/2018-09-04/new-novel-explores-a-bleak-version-of-americas-future Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-09-04/new-novel-explores-a-bleak-version-of-americas-future What if the United States built walls along its borders with Mexico and Canada? That is the premise of a new, young adult dystopian novel that imagines… Tue, 04 Sep 2018 16:10:29 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-09-04/new-novel-explores-a-bleak-version-of-americas-future Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2016-07-26/hollywood-screenwriter-comes-home-to-cary This show originally aired on May 27, 2016.As a kid growing up in Raleigh Leon Capetanos never imagined that he’d spend most of his life out West. He was… Tue, 26 Jul 2016 15:56:43 GMT /arts-culture/2016-07-26/hollywood-screenwriter-comes-home-to-cary Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2016-07-26/hollywood-screenwriter-comes-home-to-cary This show originally aired on May 27, 2016.As a kid growing up in Raleigh Leon Capetanos never imagined that he’d spend most of his life out West. He was… Tue, 26 Jul 2016 15:56:43 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-07-26/hollywood-screenwriter-comes-home-to-cary Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2015-04-28/a-creator-of-oddities Ursula Vernon considers herself a “creator of oddities,” but she fell into this career by accident.Her mother was a professional artist, so the artistic… Tue, 28 Apr 2015 16:12:20 GMT /arts-culture/2015-04-28/a-creator-of-oddities Anita Rao, Frank Stasio