Passions and Pleasures: Essays and Speeches About Literature and Libraries - Studies in Young Adult Literature

Michael Cart is probably the most prominent spokesperson and authority on young adult literature in the US. He is the past president of both YALSA and ALAN, teaches YA Lit at UCLA, writes a literary criticism column, Cart Blanche, for "ALA Booklist", and travels and speaks widely. This book is a collection of some of his favorite essays.