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Katy Hershberger

Katy Hershberger
Katy Hershberger is a writer and editor living in New York. She writes about books, entertainment, food, and other things that sustain life. She holds an MFA in Nonfiction Writing from The New School and is the Senior Editor for YA books at School Library Journal. Her work has appeared in Slate, Longreads, Catapult, Electric Literature, TinHouse.com, the Washington Post, and elsewhere. Find her on Twitter @katyhersh.


Five Years Later: On the Enduring Legacy of All American Boys

And Why Its Authors, Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely Wish It Would Go Out of Print
September 9, 2020  By Katy Hershberger
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Rereading the Master of
‘Dying Teen’ Lit

Katy Hershberger Considers Lurlene McDaniel and the
Allure of a Problematic Genre
December 12, 2019  By Katy Hershberger
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