Crush : writers reflect on love, longing and the lasting power of their first celebrity crush

Alter, Cathy (editor.). Singleton, Dave, 1961- (editor.).

Item details

ISBN: 9780062399557
ISBN: 0062399551
Physical Description: print
xv, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note:

My idol -- Jodi Picoult on Donny Osmond -- Stephen King on Kim Novak -- Larry Smith and Smith Magazine contest winners: six-word celebrity crushes -- Hanna Rosin on Mick Jagger -- Dave Housley on Kristy McNichol -- Nicola yoon on Michael Jackson -- I can't fight this feeling -- Andrew McCarthy on Andrienne Barbeau -- Amin Ahmad on the Liril soap girl -- Shane Harris on Mark Hamill -- Jason Diamond on Annie Potts -- We belong together -- Roxane gay on Almanzo Wilder -- Michelle Brafman on Harry Chapin -- Jessica Anya Blau on Tatum O'Neal -- Janice Shapiro on John Lennon -- I want to be you -- James Franco on River Phoenix -- Joanna Rakoff on Melissa Gilbert -- Kermit Moyer on Tarzan -- Shulem Deen on Robby Benson -- Jamie Brisick on Speed Racer -- Finally, we meet -- Barbara Graham on Paul Newman -- Sam Weisman on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -- Kimberly Dawn Neumann on Mikhail Baryshnikov -- Larry Doyle on Mary Tyler Moore -- Dave Singleton on David Cassidy -- David Keplinger on Deborah Harry -- Anna Breslaw on Adrian Grenier -- Yesha Callahan on John Travolta -- Marion Winik on Jerry Garcia and Gregg Allman -- Jill Kargman on Kenickie -- So wrong but so right -- Richard McCann on Bette Davis -- David Shields on Barbara Feldon -- Tony Tulathimutte on Rydia -- Karin Tanabe on Vincenzo Corleone -- Over it! -- Cathy Alter on Donny Osmond -- Julia Pierpont on Rivers Cuomo -- Caroline Kepnes on Brian Austin Green -- Emily Gould on Jared Leto.