(RNS) — She is not Philip Roth. She did not need to be. She touched lives, and she healed souls.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I have a confession: I am not a Judy Blume girlie. But I was a girl who did not want to grow up. I craved escape (dragons, ...

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Judith—by then Judy Blume, and a frustrated housewife with two small children—sought a creative outlet. As she cleaned up ...

A new book illuminates the prolific author’s life, work, and fame. Her frankness made her a lightning rod.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Given how deeply Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret resonates with readers, it's no surprise that many are eager for either a ...

Judy Blume was in the hot seat. It was 1984 and the author of bestselling children’s books including “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.,” “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing” and “Blubber” was ...

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 ...

You heard it here first: Southern Connecticut State University’s microfilm collection tops Yale’s. So observes New Haven author Mark Oppenheimer, who writes in the acknowledgments of his new book that ...

I have a confession: I am not a Judy Blume girlie. But I was a girl who did not want to grow up. I craved escape (dragons, princesses, Victorian orphans). Blume wrote about childhood and adolescence ...

Stories, both new and evergreen, to help children of divorce heal. By Jennifer Hubert Swan Decades after “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” an anthology and a novel let readers see periods ...