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The classic coming-of-age novel that inspired a new TV series remains timeless and necessary, on the page and screen.
Judy Blume's 1975 book about a teen losing her virginity gets a modern spin on Netflix. Here are the biggest changes from the ...
Nearly five decades later, Netflix’s adaptation of “Forever,” developed by Mara Brock Akil, brings Blume’s themes into a ...
Judy Blume, one of the most well-known authors of children's literature and young adult novels, has had her work transformed ...
The award-winning producer shares thoughts on her latest hit series and her favorite ways to enjoy summer on the Vineyard.
Blume’s willingness to treat teen fiction with the utmost candour has always ruffled feathers, writes . Netflix’s provocative ...
Building on a base of sex-positive teen series is a brand-new iteration that re-examines the ideas from Blume’s novel 50 ...
For IndieWire's Future of Filmmaking, Mara Brock Akil talks reinventing Judy Blume novel 'Forever' in her own image. — 'What ...
Mara Brock Akil returns with Forever, a fresh Netflix take on Judy Blume’s novel, redefining first love for a new generation.
“Books like Forever reflected the massive changes that women were experiencing in US culture at the time, in a way that pretty much no one else writing for young people did. In short, Blume ...