The LAT covers “a sold-out event celebrating the 70th birthday of the bestselling author” Judy Blume, dubbed Blumesday. Like Barney Rosset, Blume fought a kind of Puritanism: “Blume took them on, boldly going where young adult fiction had previously feared to tread, writing in the first person on topics that had long been taboo. In the process, she earned a following so devoted that 30-plus years later, many of her original readers still can’t get enough. “This was definitely the case at M Bar, where a packed house listened to readings and watched comedic reenactments of scenes from their favorite […]
