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What people love so much about coming-of-age stories is their universality. We can all relate to the trials and tribulations of growing up and finding yourself, of being in that state of anxiety and confusion. The only difference is some stories are about straight, white characters growing up, and the “diverse” titles are about everyone else.

I take huge issue with the concept that titles about characters of diverse backgrounds are inherently not universal. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is about a Mexican-American teenage boy coming of age in Texas. Gabi, a Girl in Pieces is about a Mexican-American teenage girl coming of age. Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel is about a Persian-American teenage lesbian coming. of. age. They battle with expectations, with dreams, with reality, with sexuality, with what these things mean to their identity. These are not foreign concepts.

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- from Coming of Age, Universality, and Diverse Reads
(via bookriot)

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Jan 22, 2016
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