Juvenile and YA Fiction: John Green BiblioFiles: A CenterForLit Podcast about Great Books, Great Ideas, and the Great Conversation

Emily joins Ian in this episode to talk about our first author who writes solely in the YA genre: John Green. They discuss what makes his work so different from others we’ve covered this season and what that means for parents and readers who want to benefit from his rich, literary voice.

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Turtles All the Way Down


Longing for an Absent God: Faith and Doubt in Great American Fiction by Nick Ripatrazone


Vlog Brothers


Crash Courses


“Has this artist ever seen a baby?”


Heavyweight #37: John Green


The Anthropocene Reviewed


Looking for Alaska


The Fault in our Stars


Paper Towns 


An Abundance of Katherines


A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 



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