Our new YA literature column, this month featuring books by Michael Cart, Mayra Lazara Dole and Ellen Wittlinger.
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![Comics 'n Things: First look at "Ariel & Kevin Invade an L.A. Lesbian Bar"](/sites/www.afterellen.com/files/tlablock.jpg "Comics 'n Things: First look at "Ariel & Kevin Invade an L.A. Lesbian Bar"")
![Morning Brew - Thursday, August 19: Catherine McNeil takes over Australian "Vogue," Noomi Rapace could be up for an Oscar](/sites/www.afterellen.com/files/vogueblock.jpg "Morning Brew - Thursday, August 19: Catherine McNeil takes over Australian "Vogue," Noomi Rapace could be up for an Oscar")
![Ariel Schrag's "Potential" will shoot this spring](/sites/www.afterellen.com/files/picresized_1258020845_SaraSeinbergAuthorPhoto-500x375.jpg "Ariel Schrag's "Potential" will shoot this spring")
![Ariel Schrag and Rebecca Walker are two of 10 women in The Advocate's "40 Under 40"](/sites/www.afterellen.com/files/40_0.jpg "Ariel Schrag and Rebecca Walker are two of 10 women in The Advocate's "40 Under 40"")
