Slippery slopes and proliferating prizes -- Awards that stand on solid ground / by Andrea Davis Pinkney -- Responses to my critics: the claims of principle and of history -- What good is art, now? -- Of camels and needles' eyes: art and young readers -- Puritans and fundamentalists, a prolegomena -- Puritans and fundamentalists, an exploration -- The crucible: witch-hunt, and religion, crossing point of many histories -- Biography and its perils -- The pursuit of happiness: does American history matter? -- Teenagers don't want to read about teen angst, so why are so many angst-filled books published? -- What is a YA book, anyway? -- Why adults can't read boy readers -- "Woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head": Is the past knowable? -- Am I my brother's keeper?
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