As seen in Cosmopolitan, Elle, O the Oprah Magazine, Redbook, InTouch, People, BUST, on Vogue.com and Harper's Bazaar Online. An Amazon Best Book of the Month in Humor & Entertainment A star-studded collection of essays from acclaimed and bestselling authors and celebrities that illuminates the lasting power of desire and longing, and celebrates our initiation into the euphoria, pain, and mystery that is our first celebrity crush. You never forget your first crush . . . CRUSH brings together stories of heartbreak, humiliation, and hilarity from a roster of popular luminaries, including James Franco, Stephen King, Roxane Gay, Jodi Picoult, Emily Gould, and Hanna Rosin, who share intimate memories of that first intense taste of love. Here are funny, whimsical, sometimes cringe-worthy tales of falling head over heels for River Phoenix, Mary Tyler Moore, Howard Cosell, Jared Leto, and a host of other pop culture icons. A few contributors channeled their devotion into obsessively writing embarrassing fan letters. Some taped pics in school lockers. Others decorated their bedroom walls with posters. For tweenaged Karin Tanabe, it was discovering bad boy Andy Garcia—playing the gun-loving mobster Vincent Corleone in The Godfather III. Barbara Graham unsuccessfully staked out an apartment on Park Avenue for a glimpse of her blue-eyed soulmate, Paul Newman. There was only one puppy for six-year-old Jodi Picoult—Donny Osmond—while Jamie Brisick’s pre-teen addiction was Speed Racer. Swoon-worthy and unforgettable, the essays in CRUSH will leave you laughing, make you cry, and keep you enthralled—just like your first celebrity crush. 

1.MY IDOL 

Jodi Picoult on Donny Osmond

Stephen King on Kim Novak

Larry Smith and smith margazine contest Winners six-word celebrity crushes

Hanna Rossin in Mick Jagger

Dave Housley on Kristy McNichol

Nicola Yoon on Michael Jackson

2. I CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING

Andrew McCarthy on Adrinr Barbeau

Amin Ahmad on the Liril Soap girl 

shane Haris on Mark Hamil 

Jason Diamond on annie potts

3.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

4.I WANT TO BE YOU 

James Franco on River Phoenix

Joanna Rakoff on Melissa Gilbert

Kermit Moyer on Tarzan

Shulen Deen on robby Benson

Jamie Brisick in speed Racer

5.FINALL ,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

6. IT HAD TO BE YOU 

David Keplinger on Deborah Harry

Anna Breslaw on Adrin Greiner

Yesha Callahan on John Travolta

Marion Winik on Jerry Garcia and Gregg Allman

Jill Kargman on kenickie

7.SO WRONG BUT SO RIGHT

Richard McCannon Bette Davis

David Shields on Barbara Feldon

Tony Tulathimutte on rydia

Karin Tanabe on vinenzo Corleone

8.OVER IT

Cathy Ailter on Donny Osmond

Julia Piepont on Rivers Cuomo

Caroline Kepnes on Brian Austin Green

Emily gould on Jared Leto

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