The September/October issue of Horn Book Magazine, one of the leading journals on children’s and young adult literature, is all about books and gender. You can revisit the lesbian classic Annie on My Mind, learn how author Brian Selznick answered the question “Are you part man and part woman?,” discover “Gender Alchemy: The Transformative Power of Manga,” and read more from children’s and young adult writers on how one’s gender affects one’s reading.
Several of the feature articles are only available in print (including “Of Sissies, Invalids, and the Mysterious Boy in the Window,” and “The Genre of Gender: The Emerging Canon of Transgender-Inclusive YA Literature”), but even my smallish local library carries the journal, so it shouldn’t be hard to find. There are also a couple of Web extras, including several on censorship—appropriate given the upcoming Banned Books Week with And Tango Makes Three at the top of the list.
Lots of good stuff for us literary types.