Darcy Cooper

“I have to figure out who I am.” In Endpapers by Jennifer Savran Kelly, artist Dawn Levit doesn’t have the words for how she feels, for what she wants to be. It’s 2003, and New York City is a fractured place to live. Amid the chaos, Dawn is caught…

Feature image of Blair Braverman by Kiliii Yuyan Blair Braverman is no stranger to the wilderness. A musher who learned her trade in the folk schools of Norway and once worked as a guide on a glacier in Alaska, Blair’s Iditarod-completing sled dog…

Growing up queer is not for the faint of heart, and for 16-year-old Anna Stern, that stress is compounded by the pressure she feels as a musical prodigy. She was three when she first sat down at a piano and transported herself to a world beyond her…

Author’s Note: This review contains light spoilers and discussions of sexual assault and abuse. Sixteen year-old George Avis’ hometown sits in the shadow of a mountain resort for the rich and powerful called Aspera. When we first meet George, she’s…

Here is something true about me: I forget things a lot. All the time, really. Maybe it’s an ADHD thing. I forget to text people back; I forget what stories I’ve told. I forget my friends’ birthdays — sorry, friends! I love you! I forget what season…

I have a confession to make: I have never read more than one full chapter of a self-help book. Listen: I know they’re wildly popular. Self-Help is a many-billion dollar industry, and I’m sure many people are helped by the books they’ve read. Queer…

The Babysitters Club — in the ‘80s and ‘90s, there was no other series like it. Reading as a third- and fourth-grader, those books promised an independent and glorious teenage future, full of hard work, close friendship, and biking to one another’s…