And because of the categories created, categories that did not always exist in the house of literature -like ‘young adult’, and ‘middle grade’-but with the making of said rooms, we now can create hierarchy again. It’s the same way with the visual arts: ‘Is Pop Art art?’ With children’s literature-because literature is one of the oldest art forms, it tends to have a bit of an elitist tinge to it.
He thought it was terrible, he thought Miles was ruining jazz, he thought it was less than, that the music was irresponsible and undisciplined. If we think back to jazz, the way that Louis Armstrong talked about Miles. Jason Reynolds: I think with all the arts, there’s always been hierarchies. Tony Eprile: In a recent panel on Toni Morrison’s legacy, you used the phrase, ‘resisting the literary gaze’. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
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