A Life’ (Putnam, Mar.), the biographer traces the life of an author whose candid novels about divorce, puberty, and other ...

Jamie Lee Curtis, Maude Apatow, Tessa Thompson, Dede Gardner, Gabrielle Nadig, Mara Brock Akil, Regina King, Judy Blume and Nia DaCosta have been set as the recipients of the WIF Honors, given ...

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Anna Holmes has never forgotten reading Judy Blume’s Forever as a tween. Why? Because the book, published 50 ...

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Broward school administrators last month ordered 55 books removed from its libraries, based on concerns raised by the State Board of Education that the books may be pornographic or have sexually ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. "I didn’t yet know the ways that Blume had changed the world of young people’s literature — I only knew that I loved her work," author ...

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Lovie Simone takes it all in. With zero signs of slowing down, Simone talks about her love for Keisha, leading Netflix’s Forever, and why resolution in onscreen storytelling fronting Black romance is ...

Judy Blume has received this year’s WNBA Award, presented by the Women’s National Book Association. The award is given every other year to a living American woman who derives part or all of her income ...

Remembering Judy Blume’s books without replaying our own childhood memories might be impossible. This is mainly a guess, formulated after reading passionate reactions to Mara Brock Akil’s “Forever,” a ...

With TV hits like Girlfriends, The Game, and Being Mary Jane under her belt, Mara Brock Akil is a bona fide legend—and her latest project, Netflix’s swoon-worthy Forever, is the newest TV show I can’t ...

Judy Blume’s 1975 novel “Forever…,” about a New Jersey high schooler’s first love — and first experiences with sex — is a book I initially encountered with a childhood friend who got her hands on a ...