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

Under the Radar speaks with author Mark Oppenheimer about his new biography detailing the life of the wildly successful ...

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, ...

Few writers have shaped the inner lives of young readers as profoundly as Judy Blume. Since the early 1970s, the beloved author of classic books like Forever and Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret ...

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 ...

When Mara Brock Akil was a little girl, she voraciously read Judy Blume. Looking back, she sees her obsession as the start of her becoming a writer. So when Akil heard that Blume was allowing her work ...

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

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

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 ...

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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 ...