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, weve 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?