1. "The YA novel is dead" and other fairly stupid tales -- 2. The three faces of multiculturalism -- 3. The challenge and the glory of YA literature -- 4. The journals judged -- 5. How adult is young adult -- 6. We have nothing to lose but our isolation -- 7. When coming of age meets the age that's coming : one editor's view of how young adult publishing developed in America -- 8. Exploring the basement : the artistic challenge of YA literature -- 9. What is real about realism : all the wrong questions about YA literature -- 10. The power of words -- 11. The myths of teenage -- 12. Calling all ye printz and printzesses -- 13. Puff the magic dragon : how the newest young adult fiction grapples with a world in upheaval -- 14. What is YA, and what is its future : voice, form and access : a dialogue with Jacqueline Woodson.