Carrie Mesrobian

October 1, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

The Next #SVYALit Project Hangout: Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future by A. S. King

Special Guest A. S. King: Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future, plus Bleed Like Me by Christa Desir and Perfectly Good White Boy by Carrie Mesrobian Date: November 19th (Noon Eastern, 11 A.M. Central) Confirmed Guests: A. S. King (forthcoming 2014 and 2015 title), Christa Desir, Carrie Mesrobian Publisher’s Description: WOULD YOU TRY TO […]

September 30, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Something Old, Something New: The Inner Lives of Teen Boys featuring Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas and Perfectly Good White Boy by Carrie Mesrobian

Something Old: Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas In my early days as a YA librarian, one of the first books I saw “go viral” if you will, was Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas. Early YA was often thought of primarily as “coming of age” or “problem novels”, and they focused on an intimate […]

May 21, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

#SVYALit Panel #3 Wrap Up: Brandy Colbert (POINTE), Courtney C. Stevens (FAKING NORMAL), Carrie Mesrobian (SEX & VIOLENCE) and Christa Desir (FAULT LINE)

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liG2yXdrZSs?rel=0] #SVAYLit Project Google+ Hangout on Air with the author Brandy Colbert (POINTE), Courtney C. Stevens (FAKING NORMAL), Carrie Mesrobian (SEX & VIOLENCE) and moderated by Christa Desir (FAULT LINE). This is our third discussion as part of the #SVYALit Project, with an emphasis on the topic of consent, an issue that plays a […]

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Separating Fiction from the Author, aka the post where author Carrie Mesrobian explains that fiction is fiction

February 12, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Yesterday on Twitter, I kind of lost my mind. I do that on Twitter frequently. Sometimes it’s about the problems of women’s fashion. Sometimes it’s about television shows. Sometimes it’s about sex and our cultural insanity surrounding it. Yesterday it was about reader reactions to fiction and how some readers assume that any sort of […]

Sexual Violence in YA Literature Hangout Wrap Up

January 30, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

About two hours ago I hosted my first ever Google Hangout on Air to (mostly) non-disastrous effects. I’ll have to write you a post about what I learned about doing that some other time. But what I really want to talk about is the conversation that I had with authors Christa Desir, Trish Doller and […]

On the BBC’s Sherlock: A Study in Character, a guest post by author Carrie Mesrobian

January 9, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Sherlock holds a sweet spot in my heart and not just I’m flooded with animated GIFs on my Tumblr feed of Sherlock and John kissing (I AM JOHN-LOCKED, etc.). And not just because it’s a brilliantly written and acted show. I love Sherlock because my daughter Matilda, age 10, also loves it. So it’s one […]

Sex and Violence: An Unlikely Coming to Be (guest post by author Carrie Mesrobian)

October 8, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

I didn’t set out to write a book about a sex-focused boy who gets nearly killed in a vicious assault. I didn’t set out to write about a boy at all. This book started with me being annoyed. Annoyed at the female heroines in lots of YA books. I was tired of the YA girl […]