CRUSH: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing, and the Lasting Power of Their 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