Judy Blume
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 21: Author Judy Blume speaks at the 17th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival Of Books - Day 1 at USC on April 21, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
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She has that Judy Blume way of making everything seem so natural and believable
She's got a vulnerability, and a kind of inner strength and toughness ... This was a girl who both had to be extremely vulnerable and had to demonstrate a strength of character and ability to take care of herself that you could believe.
Girls in these books had no sexual feelings and boys had no feelings other than sexual. Neither took responsibility for their actions. I wanted to present another kind of story—one in which two seniors in high school fall in love, decide together to have sex, and act responsibly.More quotes »
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Judy Blume Loves NPR
Author Judy Blume popped over to NPR West in April to talk with Here and Now host Robin Young about 40 years of Fudge, the now-iconic character from her book Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. "I wouldn't do it if it wasn't true!" she said about joining th 6:29 PM from NPR Read more »
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A Y.A. Lover's Summer Reading List, by Judy Blume, R.L. Stine, and Others
Y.A. for Grownups is a weekly series in which we talk about Y.A. literature—from the now nostalgia-infused stories we devoured as kids to more contemporary tomes being read by young people today. A seasonal gift (or burden) of our youth is the old summer 4:35 PM from The Atlantic Read more »
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Ready For Romance: Reading Gone With The Wind
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell and Pat Conroy Paperback, 959 pages | purchase close Purchase Featured Books Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell and Pat Conroy Amazon » iBookstore » Independent Booksellers » Your purchase helps support NPR Progr from NPR Read more »
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Aging White Man No One In Philadelphia Knows Is Still Messing With Education, Upper Darby Is Feeling The Brunt Of It
That video you see above (and the petition it supports) has been passed around by Tina Fey, Tom Hanks, Alec Baldwin, Hunter Pence, Ryan Howard, Judy Blume and more. Gov. Tom Corbett‘s deep cuts into public education have caused damage state-wide, but in from Philebrity Read more »
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Pam Grout: Rich Literary Heritage Draws Writers To Key West
If you're a writer, Key West is on your bucket list, likely in the number one spot. This bohemian island city, the southernmost in the contiguous United States, is where Ernest Hemingway produced nearly half his life's work including To Have and Have Not from The Huffington Post Read more »
