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Kelly Jensen

Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She's the editor/author of (DON'T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen.

2014 YA Fiction Preview: 60 Titles for Your January – June Radar

Fan of young adult fiction or want to get started reading YA fiction? Here’s a roundup of 60 titles to ...

What Are Grown-Ups Afraid of in YA Books?

While we at the Riot take some time off to rest and catch up on our reading, we’re re-running some of ...

Beyond the Bestsellers: So You’ve Read Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

You’ve discovered next reads for the “Divergent” series and for Sarah Dessen so far in the “Beyond the Bestsellers,” but ...

Green Light YA Reads: A Flowchart

One of the most popular requests I get in the library is for YA books that are appropriate for virtually ...

Celebrity “READ” Posters Of The 80s and 90s

Those of us who work in libraries or have spent many hours in them can tell you one of the ...

Five Great Hunger Games/Catching Fire Parody Videos

Itching for Catching Fire to just be in theaters already? How about some parody videos of Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games and Catching Fire to ward off ...

The Girl Myth in YA Fiction (And Beyond)

The topic of likability is one that gets played out a lot when it comes to female characters in fiction. ...

Literary Tourism: A Book Lover’s Guide to Austin, Texas

I just got back from my second trip to Austin, Texas this fall. I lived there for a couple of ...

Beyond the Bestsellers: So You’ve Read Sarah Dessen

Welcome to the second installment of “Beyond the Bestsellers.” Last month, I talked about Veronica Roth’s “Divergent” series and what ...

Potent Toteables: 7 Awesome Tote Bags for the Bookish

I love a good tote bag. That’s all I carry my books in — when I moved across country a ...