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Zusatztext "Charming...The authors do a remarkable job collecting different types of crushes while keeping the reminiscences short and sweet...A book that balances heartbreak and relief! blind love and terror. " Informationen zum Autor 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. Dave Singleton’s work has appeared in The Washington Post ! Chicago Tribune ! PBS’s Next Avenue! AARP Media! Yahoo! MSN! the BBC! Washingtonian! Harper’s Bazaar! and OUT . His two previous books are The Mandates and Behind Every Great Woman. His honors include the Media Industry Award for Outstanding Exclusive Coverage! GLAAD Award for Outstanding Multimedia Journalism! and two NLGJA Excellence in Online Journalism awards. He’s a Caring.com columnist and teaches at The Writer’s Center in Washington! D.C. Visit his website www.davesingleton.com and follow him on Twitter @DCDaveSingleton. Klappentext A star-studded collection of original essays that illuminates the lasting power of desire and longing! and celebrates our initiation into the agony and ecstasy 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. Whether it manifests in writing vaguely inappropriate fan letters! obsessively chronicling their wardrobe choices! buying a Star Map in order to drive by their house! or simply purchasing every magazine with their face on the cover! we’ve all had a one-sided love affair with a person too famous to know we exist. In some ways more powerful than the up-close! in-person grade-school crush! the celebrity crush is as much defined by its mystery and allure as by its fervor and ferocity. Swoon-worthy and unforgettable! the essays in CRUSH are poignant and compulsively readable! and each begs the question: Who is your celebrity crush? Contributors include: Amin Ahmad • Cathy Alter • Jessica Anya Blau • Michelle Brafman • Anna Breslaw • Jamie Brisick • Yesha Callahan • Jason Diamond • Shulem Deen • Larry Doyle • James Franco • Roxane Gay • Emily Gould • Barbara Graham • Shane Harris • David Housley • Jill Kargman • David Keplinger • Caroline Kepnes • Stephen King • Richard McCann • Andrew McCarthy • Kermit Moyer • Kimberly Dawn Neumann • Carolyn Parkhurst • Jodi Picoult • Julia Pierpont • Joanna Rakoff • Hanna Rosin • Janice Shapiro • David Shields • Dave Singleton • Larry Smith • Karin Tanabe • Tony Tulathimutte • Sam Weisman • Marion Winik • Nicola Yoon Zusammenfassung As seen in Cosmopolitan ! Elle ! O the Oprah Magazine ! Redbook ! InTouch ! People ! BUST ! on Vogue.com and Harper's Bazaar Online. An Amazon Best Book of the Month in Humor & Entertainment 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!...
