Posts Tagged: Judy Blume
June 20, 2012
Algonquin Book Club:
Watch Tayari Jones and Judy Blume
“Silver Sparrow will break your heart before you even know it. Tayari Jones has written a novel filled with characters I’ll never forget. This is a book I’ll read more than once.” …
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June 18, 2012
Tayari Jones & Judy Blume:
Remember Your Teenage Self
We all remember our teenage selves. The good, the bad and the misguided fashion choices. It’s the stuff of great novels. Just ask Tayari Jones, author of Silver Sparrow. Or Judy Blume, …
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May 17, 2012
Tayari Jones: ‘My Story Wasn’t My Story Alone…’
“… It belongs to everyone.” Tayari Jones talks here about what led her to write Silver Sparrow, her compelling novel that is resonating with readers far and wide, from NPR to Ann …
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August 15, 2011
Readers’ Block: Childhood’s Forbidden Pleasures
Growing up, before my parents became extremely lenient and our residence became ‘the party house,’ my parents were sometimes weird about what I could and couldn’t read. Although they were incredibly awesome …
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October 21, 2010
Why I Love English Teachers
1. I had my first shameless obsession with an English teacher when I was in kindergarten. Of course, she was also the craft maker and the hand holder and the nap enforcer, …
