The ‘New Adult’ Genre Is Still Condescending and Pointless

The term "New Adult" has been kicking around for a while - since 2009 in fact, when St. Martin's Press accidentally coined it in a call for manuscripts. Some champion it and some ignore it - and that latter reaction is the subject of an article this week in The Globe and Mail, which discusses how both traditional publishers and, particularly, booksellers are being slow to recognize New Adult ("or NA" - N/A?) as a genre.

Well, that's because it kind of isn't one. Or at the very least, it shouldn't be.