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Shadowhunters & Downworlders

Smart Pop Classics’ Summer of YA Romance: Why the Best Friend Never Gets the Girl

In the Smart Pop Classics’ Summer of YA Romance series, we share greatest hits from our throwback YA essay collections. This week, Kami Garcia tells it straight—Simon never stood a chance with Clary—in her essay “Why the Best Friend Never Gets the Girl”  from  Shadowhunters and Downworlders. I’m just going to come right out and… Read more Smart Pop Classics’ Summer of YA Romance: Why the Best Friend Never Gets the Girl

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Smart Pop Classics: Cross My Heart and Hope to Die in Wakanda

In the Smart Pop Classics series, we share greatest hits from our throwback essay collections. This week, Felicia Stewart discusses the significance of the movie, Black Panther, on Black culture in her essay “Cross My Heart and Hope to Die in Wakanda” from Why Wakanda Matters. “If You Can See It, You Can Be It; Black… Read more Smart Pop Classics: Cross My Heart and Hope to Die in Wakanda

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Smart Pop Classics: How Harry Potter Fanfic Changed the World (or at Least the Internet)

In the Smart Pop Classics series, we share greatest hits from our throwback essay collections. This week, Heidi Tandy (aka Heidi8) time travels back to the early 2000s and shows how much attitudes around fanfiction have changed in her essay “How Harry Potter Fanfic Changed the World (or at Least the Internet)” from Fic: Why Fanfiction… Read more Smart Pop Classics: How Harry Potter Fanfic Changed the World (or at Least the Internet)