The New Yorker had an interesting article about S.E. Hinton's role in the development of YA fiction. I am only slightly dissembling if I say my butch identity was largely formed by her books, particularly That Was Then But This is Now and The Outsiders. The latter made me want to be greaser cool but the former made me think about ethics and masculinity, if not sexism.
Apparently, I'm not the only one
influenced by Sodapop and Ponyboy. That looks just like my well-worn copy, which came to me already dogeared 35+ years ago...
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