Queer Anxieties of Young Adult Literature and Culture RN Prometheus brought the gift of

Prometheus brought the gift of enlightenment to humanity and suffered for his benevolence

' Heather Fowlie

narratives used not only to defend slavery but argue against it

" but their thoughts remain surprisingly relevant as resources for thinking through our current crisis-plagued predicament

After being attacked in his hometown in Iraq and not being able to play music

Queer Anxieties of Young Adult Literature and Culture RN Prometheus brought the gift ofYoung adult literature featuring LGBTQ characters is booming. In the 1980s and 1990s, only a handful of such titles were published every year. Recently, these numbers have soared to over one hundred annual releases. Queer characters are also appearing more frequently in film, on television, and in video games. This explosion of queer representation, however, has prompted new forms of longstanding cultural anxieties about adolescent sexuality. What