About the Book
A strikingly honest, vividly written collection of personal essays by teenage girls, this work offers a glimpse into the lives of todays MySpace generation. While psychologists have tried to explain the teen girl in recent years, no book since Ophelia Speaks has given her the opportunity to speak for herself--until now.
About the Author :
Amy Goldwasser has edited and written for publications including "Seventeen," "The New Yorker," "Vogue," "The New York Times," "Salon," "New York Magazine," and "Outside." She teaches editing in the Columbia Publishing Course and writing at the Lower Eastside Girls Club.
Review :
"Each of these stories is a treasure. I couldn't say which is my favorite. It's like comparing children: one stuns you with her wit and then another breaks your heart with her sensitivity." --Jeannette Walls, author of the "New York Times" Bestseller "The Glass Castle" "It's high time people stopped writing, talking, and worrying about teenage girls and just let those girls speak for themselves. This book gives voice to many talented young essayists, who-either because of their suffering, their great wit, their sensitivity, their triumph, or some combination of all those things-richly deserve to be heard. My suspicion (my hope!) is to hear from them again and again, far into the future."--Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Eat, Pray, Love" "This book is amazing. Amy Goldwasser has gathered a perfect blend of raw and original voices. Honest, hysterical, heartbreaking, uplifting-these essays come straight from the true teenage soul."--Paul Feig, creator of the TV series "Freaks and Geeks"; author of "Kick Me" and "Superstud" ""Red" will speak to every teenage girl out there who thinks she's alone. Thank you to these brave and talented writers, and hooray for the rest of us, who will see our experiences in every chapter of this important book."--Sara Shandler, author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Ophelia Speaks" "The honesty and beauty of the heartbreaking, hilarious, and often harrowing stories collected in Red are enough to give you hope for the young women who wrote these marvelous pieces, and for literature, and for us all."--Francine Prose, author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Reading Like a Writer" "Unsparingly frank and perceptive, the essays in Red take on politics, pop culture, and body image-and, oh yeah, they're written by teenage girls. Long underestimated and undervalued by society, they emerge as literature and society's great hope."--"Vanity Fair" "I was stunned by the speed with which each of these stories pulled m
"Each of these stories is a treasure. I couldn''t say which is my favorite. It''s like comparing children: one stuns you with her wit and then another breaks your heart with her sensitivity." --Jeannette Walls, author of the "New York Times" Bestseller "The Glass Castle" "It''s high time people stopped writing, talking, and worrying about teenage girls and just let those girls speak for themselves. This book gives voice to many talented young essayists, who-either because of their suffering, their great wit, their sensitivity, their triumph, or some combination of all those things-richly deserve to be heard. My suspicion (my hope!) is to hear from them again and again, far into the future."--Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Eat, Pray, Love" "This book is amazing. Amy Goldwasser has gathered a perfect blend of raw and original voices. Honest, hysterical, heartbreaking, uplifting-these essays come straight from the true teenage soul."--Paul Feig, creator of the TV series "Freaks and Geeks"; author of "Kick Me" and "Superstud" ""Red" will speak to every teenage girl out there who thinks she''s alone. Thank you to these brave and talented writers, and hooray for the rest of us, who will see our experiences in every chapter of this important book."--Sara Shandler, author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Ophelia Speaks" "The honesty and beauty of the heartbreaking, hilarious, and often harrowing stories collected in Red are enough to give you hope for the young women who wrote these marvelous pieces, and for literature, and for us all."--Francine Prose, author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Reading Like a Writer" "Unsparingly frank and perceptive, the essays in Red take on politics, pop culture, and body image-and, oh yeah, they''re written by teenage girls. Long underestimated and undervalued by society, they emerge as literature and society''s great hope."--"Vanity Fair" "I was stunned by the speed with which each of these stories pu
