Nearly five decades later, Netflix’s adaptation of “Forever,” developed by Mara Brock Akil, brings Blume’s themes into a modern context, reminding a new generation that love, especially first love, ...

In 1975, Judy Blume released Forever, a YA novel about a young woman falling in love for the first time and losing her ...

This universal aspect of Blume’s storytelling is what appealed to television mogul Mara Brock Akil when she was 12 and read ...

Creator Mara Brock Akil's take on the 1975 YA classic moves the action to 2018 Los Angeles, following two Black teens as they navigate the ups and downs of first love.

The actress reflects on portraying Keisha in this acclaimed series, how Mara Brock Akil’s vision reshaped the story, and why ...

Florida's education board forced the permanent removal of 55 books, including Judy Blume's Forever, by threatening a school superintendent with prosecution.

Judy Blume, the bestselling author behind titles including Are You There God? It's Me Margaret, Forever (which recently ...

Remembering Judy Blume’s books without replaying our own ... formulated after reading passionate reactions to Mara Brock Akil’s “Forever,” a montage of lip gloss-smacked frames from ...

Black motherhood has been depicted many times before. Netflix’s teen romance caught my group chat off guard. The messages in ...

The Hollywood Reporter's latest "Person of Interest" is the newcomer and breakout star of Netflix’s Judy Blume adaptation, ...

“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 ...

For the series, adapted from Judy Blume’s novel, costume designer Tanja Caldwell scoured Los Angeles for its 2018 and 2019 ...