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CRUSH: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing, and the Lasting Power of Their First Celebrity Crush
CRUSH: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing, and the Lasting Power of Their First Celebrity Crush
CRUSH: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing, and the Lasting Power of Their First Celebrity Crush
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CRUSH: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing, and the Lasting Power of Their First Celebrity Crush

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A star-studded collection of essays from acclaimed and bestselling authors and celebrities that illuminates the lasting power of desire and longing, and celebrates our initiation into the euphoria, pain, and mystery that is our first celebrity crush.

You never forget your first crush . . .

CRUSH brings together stories of heartbreak, humiliation, and hilarity from a roster of popular luminaries, including James Franco, Carrie Fisher, Stephen King, Roxane Gay, Jodi Picoult, Emily Gould, and Hanna Rosin, who share intimate memories of that first intense taste of love. Here are funny, whimsical, sometimes cringe-worthy tales of falling head over heels for River Phoenix, Mary Tyler Moore, Howard Cosell, Jared Leto, and a host of other pop culture icons.

A few contributors channeled their devotion into obsessively writing embarrassing fan letters. Some taped pics in school lockers. Others decorated their bedroom walls with posters. For tweenaged Karin Tanabe, it was discovering bad boy Andy Garcia—playing the gun-loving mobster Vincent Corleone in The Godfather III. Barbara Graham unsuccessfully staked out an apartment on Park Avenue for a glimpse of her blue-eyed soulmate, Paul Newman. There was only one puppy for six-year-old Jodi Picoult—Donny Osmond—while Jamie Brisick’s pre-teen addiction was Speed Racer.

Swoon-worthy and unforgettable, the essays in CRUSH will leave you laughing, make you cry, and keep you enthralled—just like your first celebrity crush.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateApr 5, 2016
ISBN9780062399571
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Cathy Alter

Cathy Alter’s feature articles, essays, and reviews have appeared in local and national newspapers and magazines including The Washington Post, Washingtonian, The Atlantic, The Huffington Post, Self, McSweeney’s, and SMITH Magazine. Her book, Virgin Territory: Stories from the Road to Womanhood was released in 2004 and her memoir, Up for Renewal: What Magazines Taught Me About Love, Sex, and Starting Over was released in July 2008. She holds an M.A. from Johns Hopkins University, where she is currently a faculty member and nonfiction advisor.

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    This is a collection of essays (by writers, some of whom I was familiar with and some not) about first celebrity crushes. Some of the essays were long, some were short. Some were quite interesting, and some, not so much (I fast forwarded through a few). I think most appealing were those crushes from the 70's and 80's, which were the ones I could relate to, and I think most readers would have a similar perception: those from your growing up years would generally seem to be the most appealing. Overall, a hit-or-miss type of collection. Give me a collection of essays geared toward celebrities exclusively from the 70's and 80's, and I'd be sure to rate it higher.

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