Rush Hour: Sin

by Michael Cart (Editor)

Bold, innovative, and eclectic—that’s Rush Hour, a cutting-edge literary journal featuring original stories, essays, art, poems, and excerpts from forthcoming novels from today’s most distinguished voices, both established and new. Sin is the tantalizing theme of Volume One. You commit it. You judge it. You avoid it. From the Bible to the big screen, from classrooms to homes, sin is powerful, arresting, and rarely clear-cut. In Volume One, Rush Hour tempts readers with 19 stellar contributors’ interpretations of sin.

This first issue marks the debut of an unprecedented, pulsating new journal, published twice a year and focused on charged themes today’s readers care about most—because original sin was just the beginning.

230 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2004

About the author

Former Director of the Beverly Hills (CA) Public Library and a Past President of the Young Adult Library Services Association, Michael Cart is a nationally recognized expert in children's and young adult literature. Now a columnist and reviewer for ALA's Booklist magazine, he is the author or editor of eight books, including From Romance to Realism, a critical history of YA literature; MY FATHER'S SCAR, a young adult novel that was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and the anthology LOVE AND SEX: Ten Stories of Truth, also a Best Book for Young Adults and a Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers.

Michael teaches young adult literature at UCLA and is the recipient of the 2000 Grolier Foundation Award. He lives in northern California.

Reviews

[Kyla · Rating 2 out of 5]

I like the idea of this but ooh boy, it fell flat.

[Cat Yampell · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5….
I’m not a short story person in general except for those by James Joyce, Jeanette Winterson, and Margaret Atwood, to name those I’ve actually enjoyed.
With that said, even if I TRULY LOVED short stories, I feel pretty secure in saying this collection is a HUGE “MEH!”
Save yourself! Take a pass!

[Tuck · Rating 1 out of 5]

you know how they have YA? this one is just Y. short stories by the cremedelacreme of ya writers, but it just is a good example of why kids who know how to read should just skip ahead to good books and pass ya up entirely. the premise is sort of the series "best american...." but really, just read the best american series by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Mariner, you;ll be better served.