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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionseBook editionsRed: The Next Generation of American Writers--Teenage Girls--On What Fires Up Their Lives Todayby Amy Goldwasser
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:A vivid portrait of what it means to be a teenage girl in America today, from 58 of the country's finest, most credentialed writers on the subject If you're a teenage girl today, you live your life in words-in text and instant messages, on blogs and social network pages. It's how you conduct your friendships and present yourself to the world. Every day, you're creating a formidable body of personal written work. This generation's unprecedented comfort level with the written word has led to a fearless new American literature. These collected essays, at last, offer a key to understanding the inscrutable teenage girl-one of the most mislabeled and underestimated members of society, argues editor and writer Amy Goldwasser, whose work has appeared in Seventeen, Vogue, The New York Times, and The New Yorker. And while psychologists and other experts 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. In this eye-opening collection, nearly sixty teenage girls from across the country speak out, writing about everything from post-Katrina New Orleans to Johnny Depp; from learning to rock climb to starting a rock band; from the loneliness of losing a best friend to the loathing or pride they feel about their bodies. Ranging in age from 13 to 19, and hailing from Park Avenue to rural Nevada, Georgia to Hawaii, the girls in RED-whose essays were selected from more than 800 contributions-represent a diverse spectrum of socioeconomic, political, racial, and religious backgrounds, creating a rich portrait of life as a teen girl in America today. Revealing the complicated inner lives, humor, hopes, struggles, thrills, and obsessions of this generation, RED ultimately provides today's teen girl with much-needed community, perspective, and validation-and helps the rest of us to better understand her. Synopsis: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 AuthorAmy Goldwasser has been editing and writing for the country's leading publications for fifteen years. She lives in Manhattan, where she teaches editing in the Columbia Publishing Course, and writing at the Lower Eastside Girls Club. Table of ContentsRed Amy Goldwasser Introduction The Body and Various Thoughts on Beauty Amy Hunt Sleeves Alison Smith Curve Jane Horowitz The Jewish Hair Tiffani Hortman Muscle Emily Kaplan Ode to My Breasts Caro Fink Lucky Charlotte Steinway The Weather Report Meike Schleiff The "Beautiful" Cause of Death That Had Me Dying for a While People You Have to Live with and Other Family Alicia Davis Country Claudia Berger The News Hannah Morris The Two of Us Sarah Morris To See How They Look on Me, on You Emma Considine Bloody Red Heart Jordyn Turney Mascara Wands Are Instruments of War Kathryn Pavia The Fourth Floor Zulay Regalado Pots and Pans Annie Littlewood TLC: Three Days Maxine Keyes Ghost Stories What Can Be Learned at School Emily Knox The Best Kind of Popular Laura Lowe A Retelling of the Black-Letter Days, The Red-Letter Days, and the Fine Line That Ties Them Together Elizabeth Case Hey You, Freshman with the Face! Sara Harari Life Goes up a Wall Carey Dunne Gym at Riverton Lisa Chau Stuck in Traffic Deborah Kim Packing Friendships: Gone Well, Gone Poorly, Just Gone Sarah McIntosh Lies We Have Told Sarah Harrison Tampoons Rebecca Murray Big Shoes Elizabeth Metzger An Orchid, If That Is What It Is Crushes Sweet and Excruciating, Sex, and a Love That Ends in Desert Rehab Jocelyn Pearce The Match Jasmine Sennhauser Decent Guy on the Planet Eliza Appleton Cribs Hayley Hoover The Sun's Shining Hotter Jessica Goodman Boy One Samantha Lewin Finding Myself in Utah Anything Extracurricular: The Beach, the Horse, the Bee, the Lousy First Job, the Stellar Future Career, etc. Kirsten Oldroyd Mini Mountain Kelly Otterness Lately Erika Kwee East Lucy Bennett The Hamptons Jaclyn Humphrey Pediatrics Anna Saxon The Management Samantha Gillogly Apiarian Days Lindsay Erin Sellers Alone Media, Pop Culture, Johnny Depp, Freakdom and Fandom Sarah Schelde What Truthness Taught Me About Being (Un)Cool Kali Moriarty Appeal from an Angry Not So Emo Grace Habegger The Depth of Depp Olive Panter Play Saskia Boggs Just Watch The World and What's Wrong (Sometimes Even What's Right) with It: Battle Cries Dani Cox Ms. President Cammi Henao Once in a While Aarian Marshall Burning in Heaven Zoe Mendelson Places of Worship Danielle Norman Repeat Cindy Morand The Border Kathleen Hicks Bodies of Water Maya-Catherine Popa The Dial Life—and Him Emily-Nicole Johns New City Carla Perez-Gallardo To Do About the Editor What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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