The classic coming-of-age novel that inspired a new TV series remains timeless and necessary, on the page and screen.

Forever, one of beloved young adult author Judy Blume‘s most iconic books, started with a simple request: “My daughter Randy ...

Nearly five decades later, Netflix’s adaptation of “Forever,” developed by Mara Brock Akil, brings Blume’s themes into a ...

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

Mara Brock Akil, showrunner of Netflix's gender-swapped, L.A.-set 'Forever,' explains why Blume's work is as relevant as ever ...

For many young readers of the last 50-plus years, there is one name that stands out among the many authors they read: Judy ...

Developed by Mara Brock Akil, Forever reimagines Blume’s 1975 of the same name, telling the love story of two Black teens, played by Lovie Simone and Michael Cooper Jr., who explore romance and their ...

Mara Brock Akil's adaptation of the 1975 YA novel follows a pair of Los Angeles teenagers, played by Lovie Simone and Michael ...

These books had something in common, Randy noticed. “If you had sex you were going to be punished,” Judy Blume told the magazine School Library Journal in 1996, when she won an award from the ...

When Judy Blume’s "Forever" first hit shelves in 1975 ... “Especially with ‘Forever’ as a book — it’s brilliant. And then Mara’s adaptation is just so current.