The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us

by Rachelle Bergstein

Judy framed her college diploma—already, school was starting to feel so far away—and hung it over the washing machine.

Middle grade didn’t really exist as a publishing category until the 1970s.

I wish I had been able to risk showing my anger now and then. I wish I had felt secure enough to know that once I had gotten it all out I would still be loved.”

I got happy. And writing comes of angst,”