Passions and Pleasures Essays and Speeches about Literature and Libraries |
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| Author:
| Cart, Michael |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8108-6687-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2007 |
| Publisher: | Scarecrow Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $42.00 |
Book Description:
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Michael Cart is probably the most prominent spokesperson and authority on young adult literature in the U.S. He is the past president of both YALSA and ALAN, teaches YA Lit at UCLA, writes a literary criticism column, Cart Blanche, for ALA Booklist, and travels and speaks widely. This book is a collection of some of his favorite essays that will appeal to students and teachers of adolescent literature courses as well as to fans of his writing.
Michael Cart is probably the most prominent spokesperson and authority on young adult literature in the U.S. He is the past president of both YALSA and ALAN, teaches YA Lit at UCLA, writes a literary criticism column, Cart Blanche, for ALA Booklist, and travels and speaks widely. This book is a collection of some of his favorite essays that will appeal to students and teachers of adolescent literature courses as well as to fans of his writing.