Kim Young

The Obscene-Literature Teacher Lee McCarthy’s landmark First Amendment case against censorship resonates with painful relevance today.

I wrote about Lee McCarthy’s epic fight against book banning when she was a schoolteacher in Central California. Her ferocity is a model as we figure out how to take our punches at the new regime. So grateful to everyone at Alta for giving this piece a good home. www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a...

Leaving Cormac: Life Lessons From My Correspondence with Lee McCarthy Like many middle-aged women I know, I spent my summer parsing the rallying calls of personhood and artmaking ringing out from the new roster of divorce books—books like All Fours by Miranda July, L…

I’ve been researching & writing about Lee McCarthy for the last 5 years and I’m absolutely thrilled this piece marks the beginning of inserting Lee’s necessary story into the public discourse. Many thanks to @literaryhub for the opportunity. lithub.com/leaving-corm...