About Us
This organization is unique because it isn't quite real. It was created as an online project for the purpose of fulfilling a college student's assignment requirements. But if it was a legitimate literary journal, it would focus on literature with an emphasis in creative writing within an educational context. This journal exists to explore the various mediums within the broad spectrum of literature. The goal is to touch on and argue their literary value and importance along with discussing elements that make up each medium. Educators, writers of "what is literature" type books, and people who have a deep and genuine interest in the literary field should find this journal interesting and informative.
The central focus of December's issue is to bring attention to the existence of various diversities within the genre of young adult fantasy literature, and how diversity is handled in these works. Carla Vangrove, the author of this issue's essays and articles, argues that this genre often displays the same amount of diversity as other young adult genres, but may handle it differently in many cases.
Young adult fantasy's representation of diversity seemed like a topic best represented in an online literary journal because literary journals are usually compilations of short essays or stories that are often focused on the same theme. To thoroughly explore how young adult fantasy represents diversity, it is important to recognize that the possibilities of what may be considered diversity may be so broad that a longer essay format would risk becoming convoluted.
The journal releases new issues every two months. When a new issue is released, the journal's website changes to reflect the new theme. This month's themes are fantasy and diversity.
This journal’s navigation bar should bring readers to various informative areas. The 'Home Page' is merely a brief introduction to Tori Yama Literary Journal and this issue's theme and featured writer/s. Essays and articles on the issue's topic can be found under 'The Journal', where a list of articles is available in chronological order for readers' convenience. The ‘Works Cited’ page applies to the entire web site collectively (including the articles), and may be referenced as needed. There is also a 'Contact Us' page in case our readers wish to get a hold of us.
An additional page with referenced young adult fantasy novels can be found at the end of the navigation bar. This page includes brief descriptions of each book, and how it represents diversity.
Finally, this month's issue includes a bonus 'Further Reading' page with links to other websites promoting and exploring diversity through young adult literature.
