Time for Childhoods

"Time for Childhoods is often compelling and always richly generative . . . the powerful poems [Conrad] introduces to us in so doing convince me that the questions she formulates are worth pursuing."—Children's Literature Association Quarterly

"Time for Childhoods manages to serve simultaneously as a broad primer to key concepts and issues in child authorship and a fresh analysis of the workings of young people's poetry, particularly with respect to temporality. This balance makes the book eminently teachable for an interdisciplinary range of undergraduate and graduate courses. Conrad's work should prove an equally close companion to scholars invested in childhood studies, young people's creativity, and contemporary poetry."—The Lion and the Unicorn

"Well researched, clearly written, and bracingly original, Time for Childhoods is a model of interdisciplinary scholarship. I read it with excitement and delight."—Angela Sorby, author of Schoolroom Poets: Childhood, Performance, and the Place of American Poetry, 1865–1917

"A groundbreaking study of children's writing. This book will be widely read and discussed by all who are engaged with childhood studies."—Richard Flynn, professor of English, Georgia Southern University