


It is time for writers to come up with books that address what matters to them most as they enter into their "Second Adulthood".īoomer Lit and YA Lit have much in common: they both address a major transition in life, YA Lit the first, Boomer Lit the second. Now that the youngest boomer is turning 50 and the oldest 68, their interests have changed. When boomers reached their teens in the 1960s/1970s, the YA novel was born as a genre dealing with the first transition to adulthood. When boomers reached their teens in the 1960s Boomer Lit, boomer novels, short stories, memoirs and more are here: a new genre. BOOMER LIT: Novels, Short Fiction, Memoirs and Moreīoomer Lit, boomer novels, short stories, memoirs and more are here: a new genre.
