Coming in July from McFarland Books! Check this page for updates & more…
“IDOL TALK: Women Writers on the Teenage Infatuations That Changed Their Lives.”
NOW AVAILABLE from McFarland & Company
What began as a fun email exchange between writers Elizabeth Searle and Tamra Wilson is now the first-ever collection of essays about teen idols by some of America’s most fabulous female writers including Ann Hood, Marianne Leone, Leslea Newman, Hank Phillippi Ryan, BA Shapiro, Suzanne Strempek Shea, Susan Straight, Dolen Perkins Valdez, Stephanie Powell Watts, Oprah Book choice Breena Clarke and more.
Foreword by Peter Noone, Herman of Herman’s Hermits. BREAKING NEWS on PETER NOONE: Peter’s new song with Red Button — OOH, GIRL — has hit the charts in the UK!
IDOL TALK invites readers to a Ya-Ya Sisterhood-type pajama party as authors share “true confessions” of their own celebrity obsessions. Included are deeply personal musings about such stars as Elvis, Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson and Davy Jones as well as some nontraditional idols including Bobby Orr, Baryshnikov, Humphrey Bogart and Raymond Burr and more.
IDOL TALK will bring back memories, stir up new thoughts and trigger frank talk about many a woman’s “first love,” her teen idol.
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IDOL TALK has also reached the stage! In 2019, at The Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport MA, writings from IDOL TALK combined with DANCE NUMBERS choreographed by the fabulous EXIT DANCE COMPANY to produce an unforgettable show, hosted by star IDOL TALK contributor, author/actress Marianne Leone:
IDOL TALK: A MAGICAL MEMORY TOUR OF TEEN IDOLS
Big THANKS to all the IDOL TALK authors and all the Exit Dance performers who took part, to Marianne Leone and to Fontaine Dubus and all at Firehouse Center for Arts! Stay tuned for further IDOL TALK developments as both the book and stage show ROCK ON.
Celebrities in Disgrace 