Welcome to RED the Book!
58 real teenage lives, written by 58 real teenage girls
That's RED as in not pink
"The honesty and beauty of the heartbreaking, hilarious, and often harrowing stories collected in Red are enough to give you hope for the young women who wrote these marvelous pieces, and for literature, and for us all." — Francine Prose, author, most recently, of Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife
"A must have" — Teen Vogue
"After Red I was not the same. This book is a revolution." — Justine Kayumba, 16, New York
"This is the best book I've ever read that gives one a rare and true glimpse into the hearts and minds of teenage girls today!" — Mother Daughter Book Club
REDs All Over!
JUST PUBLISHED (7/28): Jordyn Turney asks BFF? WTF? in the Pain of the Best Friend Breakup on the Huffington Post
Read Charlotte Steinway's Boston Globe op-ed on "fauxting," the silent epidemic on her campus.
Congratulations to Sara Harari, named one of "10 Amazing Women Trying to Save the Planet" by AOL's Lemondrop for her endless energy in trying to introduce the world to the power of wind. (Also amazing, also by Sara: "Remembering the Perfect Boy" in Newsweek.)
RED HEARTS BY teens for teens reports from across the country.
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RED the Book + Barack Obama:
RED editor Amy Goldwasser—right there with Barack Obama's "Election Night Remarks"—anthologized in the Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings, in bookstores (and classrooms!) now.
Read interviews with five RED authors on Bitch Magazine's Page Turner book blog; RED author Maya-Catherine Popa writes (hilariously) about Dating A Liar (you too?) and Jordyn Turney considers The Millennials and the Myth of College on The Huffington Post; plus, RED reviewed on YPulse.
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to the authors, cast, and crew of BLOODY RED HEART—RED for theater!—on a triumphant run at Los Angeles City College. Watch this space for details on the next production.
The RED authors are Jezebel's Teen Girl Panel—seems the "Sexting" Panic is Overblown—and bloggers for the Huffington Post: Carey Dunne on How to Turn Teenage All-About-Me-ism into Altruism and Cindy Morand wonders, Since When Is Teen Pregnancy Cool?
"Red is a revelation. We really wish [it] had been around when we were in high school. Alas..." — Time Out New York
"An awesome compilation...these girls are seriously amazing. Not your typical reading" — L Magazine
RED the Book: the Tour
"This is the best reading I've ever been to." - SMITHmag.net
"...an extraordinary reading, unlike any I've ever been to." - Hallmark Magazine
"I attended a [RED] panel discussion...I'm a bit inspired tonight." - The Love Spot
See the full list of RED events
RED the Book: the Videos
Please select a RED author (below the video player) to see her read at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, NYC:
Or watch these authors and more on
RED's YouTube channel!RED the Book: The Editor
What the critics are saying...
"Unsparingly frank and perceptive, the essays in
Red take on politics, pop culture, and body image. Long underestimated and undervalued by society, [teenage girls] emerge as literature and society's great hope." -
Vanity Fair
"I was stunned by the speed with which each of these stories pulled me in...funny, smart, dark, observant. If
Red is any indication, then the kids are alright." -
Salon
"The fifty-eight essays run the gamut--from laugh-out-loud funny to outrageous to heartrending. But each is astounding in its honesty and wisdom.
The authors are complicated and real, with interests and concerns of immense scope. A surefire hit for girls and for everyone who thinks girls are interesting."-
VOYA
Red the Book is..."A must-have" in Teen Vogue; Newsweek's Book of the Week; Family Circle's Book of the Month; and "Brilliant/Highbrow" on New York Magazine's Approval Matrix.
What the authors are saying...
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So I logged onto my facebook today and I got a post from one of my friends that I went to middle school with. She now goes to college at Ohio State. Apparently she went to the library and checked out this interesting looking book and started reading it. After a few short stories, she realized that she knew some of the authors which happen to be Hannah...
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...and this is a surprisingly pertinent offer. Sort of. In exactly one month and two days, I will be on a series of planes heading towards Nairobi, Kenya, where I will be studying at the University of Nairobi for six months (!!!) (I am so unbelievably stoked). The Center for International Programming at Kalamazoo selected me to be one of the four bloggers...
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I was completely banking my summer on the hope of getting an internship through the SCA. It was almost going to happen, even—two weeks ago, I had called up the SCA once again and they send my application to five more places! I mean, it was looking good! Well, then I got an e-mail from one of the history professors. See, back in February, I attended...
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I really wanted to post about this because it is something I think you will all enjoy immensely. My new college roomate in college. Her name is Kristin. And, She masturbates. A lot. I kid you not. When we first became new roomates, she did it maybe once or twice and I didnt really take any notice because I was asleep and didnt even really know what...
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Could it be? Am I really blogging so soon after my last post! Les gasps! Well, let's just say it's been the chillest week ever in the history of my college career so far. "Why is that?" You may ask. You see, last weekend we got a helluva lot of snow. Like, eighteen inches, right? And the roads and sidewalks sucked but we had classes...